Behind the Scenes Blog

Snow Pictures of Bekonscot - Winter 2009/10 »

With just a few days ‘til reopening (and the prospect of more snow on the way - we’d rather hoped we’d had the lot for this year…) we dug out some photos taken by Chris (one of the engineering team) around Christmas. That is, when the snow almost obliterated us. An inch of snow for you is a foot for us!

Published on 09 February 2010 by Tim. 7 comments »

Bekonscot wins Attraction of the Year Award »

“On behalf of the Bekonscot Model Village team, I was delighted to accept an award from Chiltern Railways, Bekonscot having been voted Attraction of the Year on their web site.

Published on 26 November 2009 by Tim. 4 comments »

We're on Midsomer Murders ITV1 Wed 28 Oct - 8pm! »

A dreadful thing has happened - a body has been discovered in the model village of Little Worthy. Disaster! With the body count rising, Barnaby and Jones face a race against time to identify the perpetrator. (Thankfully, it’s all for TV: it’s not real…)

Published on 22 October 2009 by Tim. 33 comments »

Welcome behind the scenes »

We’re just getting the hang of this interweb netsite thingy. We’re going to use this space to show you what happens behind the scenes at Bekonscot Model Village and Railway — it’s the place where we can show you what we’re building, what we’ve found and what we’ve seen.

Published on 16 May 2009 by Tim. 11 comments »