70809 Spetchley 13 September 2023

A very unusual working at Spetchley on 13 September 2023. 70809 heads south with the 6Z99 08:00 Whitacre Down Arley Loop to Westbury ballast. This was running 77 minutes late, as it hadn't actually left Whitacre until 09:54. It should have passed here just after midnight as the 6Z14 21:35 Cliffe Hill Stud Farm to Westbury, but there was no relief driver available. I was very lucky with the sun here, but the photographers on the bridge in the background weren't quite so fortunate!