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I can’t quite believe that we’re in the final month of 2023 and the festive season is just a few weeks away. Where’s the year gone? Admittedly, part of me is impatient to see the back of 2023. It’s not been a vintage year and 2024 offers the possibility of getting rid of this corrupt, shambolic Government once and for all – before they do even more damage. Sunak’s had his chance. He had the opportunity to prove he wasn’t like Johnson. Problem is, he was more like Truss! The Tories are staring into the electoral abyss but all Sunak can do is listen to the wrong people whilst showing he doesn’t really give a damn about the UK or its future. It’s all an egotistical game to him. His levels of posturing and game playing are off the scale whilst he ignores the real issues that matter.

Political pondering aside the vast majority of my day has been spent wearing my (metaphorical) nurses uniform as Dawn’s once more fallen foul of the lurgi that’s bedeviled her for the past few weeks. So, today’s been a day where I’ve been occupied with shopping, cooking and being on-call to supply a stream of hot drinks, snacks and suchlike to Dee whilst she’s been in her sickbed. Mind you, it’s been a good day to be confined to barracks. The snow that arrived the other day hasn’t really gone anywhere due to the freezing temperatures. A day of sunshine has helped clear some of the pavements but many are still treacherous. More snow is on the way according to the forecast, so I’m glad I’ve spent time cooking and topping up the freezer with a variety of spicy delights – just in case.

Now, having kept myself busy with all manner of tasks it’s time to wind down with a glass of wine and select today’s picture. What to choose? How about this, from my brief visit to London earlier in the week.

The Caledonian sleeper sits at Euston station on a rainy Sunday night before beginning its journey to Scotland. This is 1S25, the 21:15 from London Euston. The train divides at Edinburgh where it splits into separate portions to Inverness and Fort William. The train’s hauled by a Class 92 locomotive. 46 were ordered by British Rail to haul heavy freight trains through the channel tunnel but were always sadly under-used, Many have now moved abroad to Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania. A few, like this one, have been bought by GBRf to provide traction for the Caledonian Sleeper.

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