47351 Hampton Gay 28 June 1993

A summer evening in the rural Cherwell Valley. 47351 is certainly not disturbing the cows at Hampton Gay on 26 June 1993, and only two of them seemed to have noticed me! The train is the 4M99 17:14 Southampton to Trafford Park freightliner. Partly hidden by the trees is the tower of Hampton Gay church, which stands completely on its own next to the railway, with the nearest building being the impressive ruins of the 16th Century Hampton Gay Manor. The few houses of the village are someway distant.