It feels like a lifetime ago, but back in August on a pleasantly sunny day, we headed up to Ribblehead. Partly for some railway photography, partly a socially-distanced meet up with relatives, partly for healthy exercise. All things we can't do at the moment, so already feels nostalgaic.
The train I (Ben) was after was the Staycation Express, the 3-times a day, all-summer excursion train (that I'd managed to photograph a couple of times at Skipton). We missed it heading north in the morning as we got stuck in traffic, but reckoned we'd have plenty of time to see the southbound train at lunchtime instead.
We walked up to the waterfalls up past Blea Moor signalbox, a nice walk in nice weather.
We stopped near the waterfall for a picnic...
...and missed the train. It came past about ten minutes earlier than expected, so I wasn't in too good a spot. Ah well.
We finished lunch and headed back, with the intention of getting a pic on the viaduct when the train headed back to the north.
However, several of our group needed the loo (always fun up here, even more fun trying to find an open loo during the days of corona), so after a brief stop to get a pic of a local train crossing, we headed for Stainforth.
Scotrail-liveried 47 on the front here...
...and large-logo blue on the rear. Not the shot I was hoping for, but I had a plan to come back for another go at getting a pic on the viaduct later in the summer. Railway photography apart though, it was a nice walk and a good opportunity to get out and about with Amy's parents.
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