We’ve had another busy day here at Bigland Towers. One that’s involved looking at the future as well as the present. The ‘here and now’ has involved the pair of us getting an early morning walk in to eat up the miles and try to stay dry as the weather here in the Calder valley’s been changeable to say the least. Whilst the weather’s been hot and humid down South we’ve had very different conditions around here. When the rain arrived it was initially fitful and desultory, hardly worth putting up umbrellas for. That changed just before we arrived back home, leaving us glad we’d taken time to get out when we did.

The rest of the day’s seen us both staring at screens as we caught up with work. My plans changed as yesterday I had enquiries about two commissions, one of which was booked very quickly. Now I’ve a several days work around Manchester to fit into my schedule in short order. It’s weather dependent, which could make things interesting. Another job remains in the pipeline…

One more task was sorting out picture captions for my next RAIL magazine feature. I was sent a PDF of the finished piece to add captions to the article on the new HS2 Thame viaduct which will be appearing in issue 1017 which will hit the news-stands on September 4th. Now all I have to do is finish four more large articles over the next fortnight or so – as well as fitting in another HS2 site visit next week – and the Manchester commissions!

Meanwhile, here’s today’s picture, which illustrates how the weather’s been here in’t valley. This was the view from our bedroom window late this afternoon.

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