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Well sadly this will probably be my only visit to the ELR in November 2020, and whilst services had been restricted to just 3 runs a day, with the odd steam hauled Dining Train as an extra, thanks to the government's latest lockdown no more service will run until at least the 2nd of December. I really hope that services are able to resume again then, as I was looking forward to photographing the Santa Specials and Festive Dining Trains, but at this moment I'm not holding my breath, since Boris and his chums have decided not to lock down the schoolkids and students, who seem to be the biggest virus spreaders, so it's hard to see things improving anytime soon. What a crappy year this has been and it's not over yet.
Anyway, at least there were some trains on Sunday 1st of November, or to be specific, class 47 D1501 on the service trains, and Standard 4 '80097' on the Dining Train, and best of all, and for the first time since Storm Ciara back in February, the Weather Gods took pity on me and gave us a good soaking with the remnants of Storm Aiden, and yes I was very happy and running around like a dog with two tails. I have decided to bring in a new rating system for such crappy weather, based on the number of people who tell me that I must be barmy to be standing out in that stuff taking pictures, and even looking like I'm enjoying the experience (well I am of course), so based on the four people who said that to me on Sunday this was a four star rated dowsing, and at least helped to deaden the pain of not being able to see any trains for the rest of the month.
I did manage a few shots of the closed station and Signal Box when I had to visit the Tesco store next door to the station do my essential shopping on Sunday 8th of November, and as I needed to take my exercise walk as well, I thought I'd better do it while I was there, as it would likely have been dark by the time I got back home again and far too late to go tramping up on the moors. Well it is essential that I keep fit if I am to survive this nasty pandemic and the horrendous boredom of imprisonment, and lucky that I was able to visit the local Greggs shop which is also still open because Boris says that food is an essential item, and of course it was vital that I got some essential food to give me the energy to complete my essential walk.