‘Tis a very short blog from me today as today was pretty much a replay of yesterday – bar getting out to photograph any trains. The weather here in’t Pennines (and across much of the North) remains resolutely rainy and miserable so there’s little incentive to venture far. Instead I’ve been keeping to my resolutions, getting fitter and making the most of the days. Hopefully, tomorrow of Friday will present an opportunity to do something different. We’ll see. So, rather than regale you with a Groundhog day I’m going to leave you with another picture from the set of slides I’ve been scanning.

Sometimes, we forget just how hard life can be for people less fortunate then ourselves. Especially for women in countries without any form of social security (unless you count family). Here’s a shot I took in the market in Darjeeling, India in April 1998. Human porterage is common here and all sorts of loads of varying weights are carried on people’s backs via a strap across the forehead, sometimes for miles and up steep valley sides. Imagine your mother (or granny) doing this for a living…

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