Highclere - The layout that never was?

Hello.

Apologies for doing this at this time of the year, it has once again been on my mind now for a while and I wanted to open it upto friends to try and gauge others opinions....

For a while now I have been (once again!) thinking of scrapping the layout. Progress on it for a number of years now has been painfully slow and enthusiasm has been virtually non-existent. I have tried to put it into a number of pros and cons...

FOR

• Its always been my best work, I have tried my best to recreate something.
• I have invested nearly 10 years of work into the layout
• Its what I am known for and a good example of my modelling abilities
• It always seems to get invited to shows (even if I always turn them down!)
• It gives me focus to my modelling

AGAINST

• It takes up valuable space in my flat
• I have no interest in taking it to shows or operating it, just building it
• I cannot set it up at home so the only time I get to test it is at a show
• Its not 100% my area of interest
• I feel guilty if I work on things which aren't 'connected' to the layout somehow.

So, what do I do? As I mentioned above I don't have any real interest in the layout and haven't for a while now. I havnent got an alternative place to store it so its here semi-packed up in my hallway getting in the way as there is nowhere else I can pack it up. The thing is I cant really bring myself to throw it in a skip even where it seems clear to me it would be the right thing to do.

Thoughts, opinions, and ideas will be gratefully recieved...

Julia.