Leisure Days from Ravensburger

A series of 1000-piece puzzles from Ravensburger is titled Leisure Days and today's puzzle, 20 September 2022, features No.6 in the series - Days Out. The artwork, of no surprise to pictorial jigsaw collectors, is by Kevin Walsh.

In the picture, passengers are waiting on a station platform or boarding a steam train; at the head of the train is a huge 'King' class 4-6-0 locomotive, designed by Chief Mechanical Engineer Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway (GWR), No.6007 King Edward VII. The class graced GWR lines from 1937 until 1962; three are preserved. This is a typical Kevin Walsh painting with a huge amount of detail everwhere you look. For example, the engine driver is talking to his guard at the same time that a mother, holding a child, is observing the engine in close-up. In the station forecourt a red MG sports car, with a young couple on board, is the main focus beside a man resting on his motorcycle and sidecar. Other interest is provided by a half-cab single decked bus, positioned in the background, partly loaded with passengers. I'll leave the dog, milk churns, a second car with gran' and granddaughter (?) unloading/loading the boot, station building, footbridge and young trainspotter etc,. to your interpretation and imagination. Days Out is a large puzzle, full of interest and colour, but easy to assemble.