Fairy lights are not just for Christmas...

This weekend, I was trying to get my head around model railway electrics - because I want working lights inside my buildings (so you get a golden glow from within) and also at least two or three working lamposts. Well, said one chap in my local model shop, try a set of tiny, miniature Christmas lights - they're safe, efficient, and nowadays small enough to poke through your baseboard and light your village.

So off I went to my local garden centre and chose a set with light tips small enough to play the part.

See above - the lampost is lit with real light. Now my village pub looks warm and welcoming. By the way - a million thanks to Dorian Edwards, choirmaster extraordinaire from Wokingham, who donated the pub itself, for which I have planted a garden and a front courtyard with hanging sign - it's called The Stone Table (references to Narnia).

BTW - please don't take any of my electrical decisions as any kind of recommendation - please make up your own mind, and take your own advice!