Superb autumnal lighting at Ponthir on 19 October 1991, as 50015 Valiant & 50008 Thunderer head northwards with the Pathfinder Tours 1Z16 'Hoover Hoop' railtour, returning from Cardiff to Paddington via the long way round. The train, which had already taken a devious route to get to Wales, would return via Hereford, Worcester, Birmingham and Oxford.