I may have to bite a proverbial tongue but I promise not to mention the election and the latest Tory shitshows today. It would take too long and I expect most people are as bored of them as I am. This torture can’t end soon enough – for the good of the country and our sanity – if nothing else.

Today’s been the first day back at work for Dawn after her long weekend which I kind of mirrored by taking some time off myself. Today we’ve both been back our respective desks here at Bigland Towers. This has been a good day to be stuck indoors to be honest. Whilst we’ve had a fair bit of sunshine the temperatures are anything but what you’d hope to expect in June. The past few days have been so chilly that our central heating has switched itself back on as the thermostat has reached it’s critical low. Not what I’d expect this time of year at all. But then the climate is seriously out of kilter. I can’t remember a year as wet as this. We’re in ‘four seasons in one day’ territory at the moment, which could be fun as in a couple of weeks I’ll be involved in the annual ‘3 peaks by rail’ event, raising money for the Railway Children charity. Conditions on Ben Nevis could be rather challenging. Right now the weather forecast is telling me it’s 8 degrees here, so this is hardly ‘flaming June’ – except in the pejorative sense. Don’t get me wrong, I’m anything but a climate change sceptic, I know the weather’s changing and warming up (on averages) but the amount of rain we’re getting as a consequence is unreal.

Tomorrow I’ve another day which will be spent working from home as it’s almost certainly going to be a waste of time getting out with the camera as there’s yet more rain being predicted in this neck of the woods. Shame, as I’ve just started a new Trans-Pennine Route Upgrade on my Zenfolio website. This mirrors the High Speed 2 construction gallery as both projects will be under construction for many years and placing all the pictures in their own galleries makes sense. You can find the link here. Tomorrow could be a good day to migrate a lot of existing pictures to the new gallery.

Right, it’s time to go. All that remains is to leave you with today’s picture. But what to choose? I’m leaving you with a food shot – tonight’s supper. This is hardly salad weather so Dawn decided to cook the pair of us something a little more substantial…

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