Class 4 2-6-4T No. 42098 grapples with the 1 in 63 to Troutbeck at the head of the Lakes Express.

The wind blows and the hemlocks wave their feathery leading shoots. Such a graceful profile, so elegant a tree.

Today the shade was being enjoyed by a herd of torpid earthpigs, gorged on a feast of ants.

a haggard or refractory hawk