It’s been another varied day here at Bigland Towers – well, apart from the weather – which has stayed uniformly awful, leaving the valley sodden and the skies leaden. Not that it impacted on my morning as a lot of it was spent on a Community Rail Network webinar where myself and many of my fellow awards judges were available to discuss next years awards and how people who wanted to compete could maximise the impact of their entries. It was a very good session with lots of people taking part, which is always good to see. Having direct access to the judges and being able to hear from them first hand on what makes a good application is something few organisations do.

Webinar over and with the rain having abated I walked into Halifax to pick up my new glasses. I must admit, I was rather excited, mainly because I’ve deviated from the style I’ve worn for some time. I’m finding the new, rounder glasses really good as my upward field of vision’s improved. I’m looking forward to trying them out with the camera – oh, and playing pool at one of our local sessions. I’d found my old-style glasses restricted my vision on long-shots so I’m curious to see if these new ‘bins’ help. Those of a certain age and interest may remember the 1980s snooker player Dennis Taylor who had glasses made especially so they sat high on this face to allow him to see the far ends of snooker tables. I’ve nothing that extreme (thank God!) but the principle’s the same. Of course, if they do help that’s the end of that excuse for a lousy shot!

My foray into Halifax also allowed me to get my full complement of exercise steps in today, a feat the recent weather’s make very difficult some days – unless one wants to resemble a drowned rat. Hopefully, I may be able to sally forth with the camera tomorrow when the weather improves and begin to tick off some of the locations requested by a client. I have a choice – East or West. At the moment to forecast is suggesting West may be the better option and camera capers always end up with me clocking up the footfall miles.

For now, I’ll leave you with today’s picture. I don’t often post pictures of yours truly, but today’s an exception. Here’s the new look which will be complete just as soon as I’ve had a haircut!

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