Saving large actor position

I have a large actor/a background scene on the x axis only which I am moving around the screen on touch. This is working fine but as it's very wide I need to be able to press and drag a few times to get to the start of the end of the scene.
When I press, the actor goes back to the orignal position and I can't work out how to save the x position so that this does not occur.
When I press, the actor goes back to the orignal position and I can't work out how to save the x position so that this does not occur.