JL - 25.3.20 66303 6K05 Carlisle - Crewe, Ais Gil

With the UK on lock down due to Corona virus we are allowed out for 1 hours exercise per day and even then this has to be within a few miles radius of your home. This limits me to a stretch of the S&C between Smardale and Ais Gill, however there are many excellent locations on that section. With the S&C so quiet it makes the choice of which working to target very easy, although timing my bike ride is more challenging!
The week commencing Monday 23rd March promised some decent weather and luckily 6K05 Carlisle - Crewe engineers was a runner every day. It was jackpot stuff on the Weds as network rail yellow autoballasters made the formation. 66303 (the loco allox all week) is seen thundering towards Ais Gill through Dales scenery that was a quiet as I've ever known.