Lordships and hardships
The lucky passengers aboard this exclusively First Class train, the 11.18am Skipton - Carlisle summer 'Staycation Express', have the opportunity to be fed and watered in comfort while taking in the stunning Pennine scenery as they ride along the roof of England. A lordly experience indeed!
For many of the farmers up here - in a landscape generally only good enough to support livestock, yielding often thin margins with long working hours and enduring some of the toughest winters in the land - it's a rather different story. But then at least there's the compensation of not being hostage to frequent zoom meetings, or the boss hollering down the phone. Such is life.
This shot was taken from the exact same spot as the previous upload, and maybe even the same step on the Lunds footbridge. Typically the hint of sun present for 46115 had well and truly disappeared in the half-hour I sat waiting for this one, but I liked the composition enough to give it a go for the HST.
Closer inspection just top-left of the HST cab reveals what I believe to be Moorland Cottage (in white) stood on the lower slopes of Mossale Moor. The A684 from Sedbergh to Hawes undulates just in front of it. Just below the cottage, and to the right, can be seen the embankment that used to carry the railway line from Garsdale station to Hawes, Redmire and, ultimately Northallerton.
The circa 8 mile section of line from Garsdale to Hawes closed completely in 1959, and track eventually lifted, but proposals have been put forward recently to re-open the route, install a regular passenger service, and so link Hawes to the rest of the UK network once again. I'd certainly be up for a ride to the fleshpots (or more likely coffee shops) of this rather quaint Yorkshire Dales town.
For the record: 43058 nearest the camera with 43059 tailing.
Best viewed full-screen.
12.21pm, 17th August 2021
Lordships and hardships
The lucky passengers aboard this exclusively First Class train, the 11.18am Skipton - Carlisle summer 'Staycation Express', have the opportunity to be fed and watered in comfort while taking in the stunning Pennine scenery as they ride along the roof of England. A lordly experience indeed!
For many of the farmers up here - in a landscape generally only good enough to support livestock, yielding often thin margins with long working hours and enduring some of the toughest winters in the land - it's a rather different story. But then at least there's the compensation of not being hostage to frequent zoom meetings, or the boss hollering down the phone. Such is life.
This shot was taken from the exact same spot as the previous upload, and maybe even the same step on the Lunds footbridge. Typically the hint of sun present for 46115 had well and truly disappeared in the half-hour I sat waiting for this one, but I liked the composition enough to give it a go for the HST.
Closer inspection just top-left of the HST cab reveals what I believe to be Moorland Cottage (in white) stood on the lower slopes of Mossale Moor. The A684 from Sedbergh to Hawes undulates just in front of it. Just below the cottage, and to the right, can be seen the embankment that used to carry the railway line from Garsdale station to Hawes, Redmire and, ultimately Northallerton.
The circa 8 mile section of line from Garsdale to Hawes closed completely in 1959, and track eventually lifted, but proposals have been put forward recently to re-open the route, install a regular passenger service, and so link Hawes to the rest of the UK network once again. I'd certainly be up for a ride to the fleshpots (or more likely coffee shops) of this rather quaint Yorkshire Dales town.
For the record: 43058 nearest the camera with 43059 tailing.
Best viewed full-screen.
12.21pm, 17th August 2021