34. The Settle & Carlisle Pullman-12.06.21

On a beautiful summer morning, I headed to the Oxford to Birmingham line just south of Banbury to capture the passage of the Pullman liveried HST on railtour duties. I really should have checked the internet before I left home as the train was heavily delayed leaving Bristol with a brake fault. By the time I reached King's Sutton and checked my 'phone, it was only passing Keynsham over an hour away! I consoled myself with it being such a lovely warm morning and I actually enjoyed the wait sitting in a summer meadow on my trusty stool watching other trains pass by!