Another week that’s begun with a day working from home, not that I’m complaining as it’s a nice way to ease oneself into a new week that’s the potential for being rather busy. Besides, I’ve most of the material I need for a new RAIL article now, so I can crack on with the first draft. Besides, having eaten out a lot (and drunk a fair bit too) I’ve decided to have a crack at losing a few pounds with the 5:2 diet, which means restricting your calorie intake to 600 a day for two days of the week. That’s much easier at home than when I’m on my travels – and I can combine it with a lot more regular exercise. It’s not that I’m overweight, I’m just nearer to top of the range I ensure I stay within. Today’s day 1 and it’s not been too bad, even though I’ve burned off a lot more calories walking over 18,000 steps as I had to stroll into Halifax to collect timber and screws for DIY chores at home. Still, it’s always nice to try something different, all I have to do now it take more care planning meals and making sure I don’t stuff myself on the other five days – especially as Dawn’s made another batch of her fabulous Bakewell tart and gorgeous lemon drizzle cake!
Today’s been made more pleasant by the fact we’ve only had the briefest of showers this morning whilst the afternoon and evening’s been graced with glorious sunshine. Temperatures are still low but after the conditions we’ve had recently – I’ll take it. Sadly, it seems this is a ‘for one day only’ sort of offer with the rain resuming tomorrow afternoon. Never mind, maybe I’ll get most of that article written…
Later this week I’ll be attending the RAIL Live event at Porterbrook’s Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre in Warwickshire. I just hope this massive outdoor event is graced with decent weather. At the moment the forecast’s looking promising so expect a rolling blog and pictures on Thursday. RAIL live’s a brilliant showcase of the latest kit (big and small) used by rail engineering companies. The site’s also used as a test facility and storage site for trains either recently withdrawn or waiting to go into service. So, today’s picture(s) are from the 2022 event, just to give you a flavour…
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