Pennine Cycleway runs beside blue water beneath a long stone viaduct, where a fenced path curves between craggy slopes and purple-specked moorland under high cloud.

A small train crosses a line of pale pillars, each tall opening reflected in the river below. On the right, an exposed rock face breaks through grass dotted with heather, while a narrow strip of tarmac climbs away beside dark timber rails. Broad hills lie in blue and olive bands under piled cloud.

Pennine Cycleway brings together the practical rhythm of a route and the scale of the uplands around it. People riding or walking this stretch may recognise the steady approach towards the bridge, with the train deck, river margin and high ground marking the way ahead.