At last I feel human again. The aches have receded and life’s getting back to normal after a long frustrating week. Having got up early and spent the morning in the office in order to catch up with work and continue with the spring cleaning I actually escaped from the house for the first time. Dawn had to nip out to refuel the car and pick up the shopping, so I went with her, on the condition that (as I’m still testing positive) I didn’t go into any shops. Fine by me…

So, after calling in for petrol we headed on up to Norland Moor, a place where we used to go for regular walks but which just hasn’t been the same since the Moorcock Inn closed down, leaving the area without a welcoming watering hole to visit afterwards. Getting out for a walk in the fresh air high above the Ryburn and Calder valleys was lovely, despite the breeze and hazy cloud. Just to be out lifted my spirits. We didn’t venture too far as I didn’t want to push things, but I got more exercise than I had done all week.

Afterwards we drove down into Sowerby Bridge in order to pick up some shopping. As I was banned from venturing inside I retreated to the car-park fence to get a couple of pictures. You see, Tescos is built on the site of the old Sowerby Bridge railway good yard and the car park back onto the railway. Last year Network Rail cut back all the trees and shrubs that had obscured the view and opened up new picture possibilities of trains leaving the 657 yard long Sowerby Bridge tunnel. Like this;

Returning home the rest of the day was spent delving through various cupboards and crannies, rooting out more bits of junk as well as editing a few more pictures. I suspect the weekend won’t be much different – especially as the rain’s due to arrive. Still, a press invite’s arrived in my inbox today for an event early next month. It’ll be good to be back in the saddle…

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