Let the season begin!! Hornby have advised us that Lion is "Expected Autumn 2022". A glance at the calendar shows that today is the first day of that season, 22 Sept 2022. There are only 90 days from the 22nd until the 1st day of Winter, 21 December. So I haven't long to wait now. I shall take Hornby at their word. If Hornby state a season, I should believe it! So I am very excited that Lion may be on my layout by Xmas!! I've ordered both Lion R30232 and the Huskinson coach pack R40371, which is also "Expected Autumn 2022". Additionally, the sheep wagons R60165 and horse wagons R60166, but those are expected in 2023. What makes this most entertaining is that I have also ordered Rapido's Lion. Rapido have shown an engineering sample and have sworn to release Lion by the anniversary of a certain movie, 1 March 2023. There has been video of an undecorated Rapido model running on track, so Rapido are well along. It will be quite interesting to see which model shows up first and further, which model best captures Lion's spirit. The winner in my little head to head shall retain the famous name Lion (LMR57), the loser will become Tiger (LMR58). Of course, neither Lion nor Tiger, at issue, looked like the restored locomotive now in preservation. But its my railway and that is how it will be! Cheers!