It is ironic that I chose to go to same location to photograph the same two trains within a few weeks, something which I normally avoid doing. However it does show the tremendous difference in the lineside vegetation that takes place in the spring. 43301 accelerates away from Cheltenham and passes Up Hatherley on 6 April 2009 whilst working the 1V31 06:08 Edinburgh to Plymouth Cross Country service. Compare this view with the same train worked by 43304 only a few weeks previously.