Where?
It is on a "back road" that would take you from Leicester to Coalville, but via Kirby Muxloe.
There it is, bottom right on the above map.
The village is minuscule with mainly modern properties plus a few more ancient homes which have obviously been upgraded. 
It is very much NOT "good bus territory".
The village Facebook page is littered with adverts and up-to-date helpful information.
Lost animals are a feature ...
Let's hope Dougal has been found after five pooch-less years!
Botcheston has a posh pub and diner, far too big for the size of the village.
As usual it offers typical pub food.
How do you eat one of those in polite company? And is there a danger of the spike damaging nostrils and/or eyeballs?
Yikes, only 12 chips!
At one time the village had a useful phone box ...
... still present, but, apparently, for decorative purposes only.
More significantly, for the purpose of this blog, it had a rather tatty bus shelter ...
... with no bus stop "flag" but what looks like a timetable frame on a street lamp plus "crimewatch" label. This dowdy edifice has recently been replaced by something very special, namely ...
... a super smashing bespoke rustic shelter complete with brand new pole and "flag"
Note that the timetable frame remains on the old pole.
fbb guesses that the timetable frame re-allocation committee has not yet commissioned its focus group to draw up the necessary implementation policy and health and safety plan for its move. The task will now have to go before the 2026 small works budget priority committee for possible implementation in late 2027.
Or maybe young Gavin will be sent out with a spanner.
By which time ...
Tomorrow's blog will explain.
Is It Warped Or Cupped?
Those blog readers will excellent visual acuity may notice that fbb's additional shelves, needed to accommodate his extensive collection of tank wagons, are all slightly bowed. The original piece of ply from which they were cut was slightly bowed but the act of cutting has, perversely, accentuated the bend upwards as installed.
fbb says they are "warped" but helpful web sites, explaining how you remove the bend, often use the word "cupped". The man on-line explained how to partially soak the ply in hot water, add heavy weights and leave in the sun for an hour.
It worked!
Well it did for two of he shelves. The third shelf refused to unbend completely, so fbb gave it a helping hand ... and it split into two chunks.
Twerp!
Fortunately a dollop of No More Nails and an end wallop with a hammer rejoined the busted bits; and now ...
... you can see the join!
But it will be well hidden under a line of immensely interesting OO gauge tank wagons. All three extra shelves now look straight - well straight enough.
All the old bloke has to do now is to work out the best way to display them all.
Bet you can't wait!
Meanwhile the de-warping de-cupping video man warned, darkly, that the shelves should be screwed down securely.
They aren't.
If not, the man asserted, the bend could re-appear; so thanks a bunch YouTube!
Next Botcheston blog : Thur 14 Aug
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