Two days at the same site could not be so different.

Following on from my trudge through the mud of the Gipping Valley path the other day making reference shots for a new Edgelands subject I weighed up the logistics of getting my gear into place to make the images I have in my mind’s eye and I quickly dismissed any thought of large format work on account of the fact that I would need two Sherpas to get me into position. That takes into account there are no mountains here!

I took to the telephone instead and asked about getting my car onto the site.

Well, such is the kindness of strangers that I was really taken aback by the immediate positive response so today I went through the conditions with a meeting on site and effectively I can shoot when I want now for the next few months.

I just want these constant tracking Lows to bugger off and make way for a period of settled Highs.

This place has the right mix of flora and industrial buildings to make a very interesting large and medium format gallery.

As I was in the vicinity I dropped into the Museum to check on the show. I make a point of going in once per week and just 8 weeks remain now. I was really pleased to see a visitor who had travelled down from the north of the county to specifically see the exhibition. What was a really pleasant surprise was seeing the Community Cabinet with ‘Edgelands sympathetic’ artistic thread and bead work with sketch books. One of the artists had based her work on Sproughton. Sproughton features heavily in the exhibition. I love it when other artists find a common theme and it all comes together almost by accident. Thanks goodness for Lisa Harris the curator for seeing the links and getting them in there.