On arrival at Skipton we were met with a state

of utter chaos! There had been a torrential storm at Leeds earlier in the morning and it had received a number of lightning strikes that had taken out all the signalling and communication systems. As a result, all trains were stopped within the area and a there was total lack of information, the gate staff here at Skipton said even the 'phones were not working! Because of this, the class 60 duo of 60076 'Dunbar' and 60047 were held so we saw them for the third time running as the 11.03 Carlisle North Yard-Doncaster Royal Mail. 333004 forming the 14.17 to Leeds was the first train for some hours to leave Skipton as things were just beginning to get back to normal.