Sorry for the interruption to your service

Have been suffering from a sharp bout of the dreaded lurgy, and at times like this I turn to the quiet contemplation of comfort images -- like this portrait (someone else's, not mine) of the delightful North Eastern Railway number 1, at the Locomotion museum in Shildon:

While I love the contemplation, I seem to have little appetite for posting (or indeed for food). Even lovely images like this fail to stir any erotic interest:

However, I seem to be over the worst so normal posting may resume in a day or so.