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I live in England and as I have reached 66 years of age I can officially say I’m a pensioner. For all my working life it was 65, but our government keeps changing it to save them money. My own children, who are all in their 30’s will probably need to be in their 80’s or 90’s to be able to say the same thing. It just shows how nothing appears to last forever. Take my image of the locomotive. This was taken quite a few years ago whilst I was taking a walk along a childhood path that I used to use as a teen. The path took you across a stream, some fields and then this main railway line before passing through a farm to get to a local forest. I loved the walk and the ability to get close to the locomotives with little or no clutter in the way. The facts are that today the loco’s do not run with this livery - Virgin lost their franchise on this line and the crossing point is no longer available due to the completion of a new roadway and bridge over the railway. So you see, nothing lasts forever and I now find that many of the images I have taken over the last 50 years are no longer possible. So the motto of the piece is - if you see an image you like; take it today as you may never have the chance tomorrow.