Ascott-under-Wychwood station does not normally have a Saturday service, but in the lead up to Christmas, the normally non-stop 1P31 07:10 Hereford to Paddington GWR HST is booked to call. 43027 is seen here pulling away from the station on 16 December 2017. If I had known that this was going to be hauled by the '90 Glorious Years' liveried power car, I might have opted for a more conventional viewpoint to show off the livery. An extremely long lens is required here to clear foreground shadows. The flock of pigeons flying across just as the train was approaching was certainly not expected, but I suppose it makes the picture a little different. On the plus side, the sun was out, but just a couple of minutes later the sun disappeared behind a massive bank of dark clouds!