It is 05:24 on 25 June 2012, and the early morning mist is swirling across the valley from the nearby River Cherwell, as 66593 3MG Mersey Multimodal Gateway heads northwards past Tackley with the 4E01 02:15 Southampton to Leeds freightliner. Not really ideal photographic conditions, but it does invoke the atmosphere of a very early midsummer morning.