Steam train

After a lie in and a lovely breakfast with Tom, Juno and I headed off for a combined blackberry hunt / dog walk. I do like walking with Juno through the fields - her love of life and joy at jumping around is so uplifting. She’s fine company most days and always so friendly to other humans and dogs, yet will stay back on command now if I sense they don’t want her near them or I know a dog is nervous.

On our way over the railway bridge there was a group of men, old and young, all with cameras and a feeling of anticipation in the air. It could only mean one thing - a steam train was coming! Our timing was perfect and this beauty passed beneath us with carriages full of people drinking tea and eating cakes off white linen tables in the dining car.

I got quite a haul of blackberries too.