By Isobel Williams

The owner of a village café says he has seen bookings soar after introducing model trains to deliver food and drink.

Dave Wheeler, 59, had to leave his job as a cabinetmaker at a joinery company after type one diabetes caused him to lose most of his eyesight.

The dad-of-two then decided to help his wife, Lindsey Wheeler, 55, at Nibbles in Newenden, Kent.

But he still longed to build things and wondered how he could combine that with the business.

After packing away his grown-up sons’ toy trains from childhood, he says the idea just came to him, and he decided to go for it.

(Nibbles via SWNS)

The trains were officially operational by February this year, and have since gone viral online, causing the café to be completely booked up for the next few weeks.

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