Saturday 10th August 2019

Behind the scenes of any large organisation is a team of people beavering away. Mountain like, the strongest part of any business is the base. The wide base supports the middle sections, the middle supporting the summit. And so it was today as 40-50mph winds lashed rain onto the homestead, rather than go outdoors I found myself compiling a spreadsheet. Currently leading a year long project for the National Trust, after the field days, there are hours of number crunching to do. In total I think about another 8 hours of time has gone into updating the data. This then heads off into the internet's dark tunnel of alchemy only to return months later as stylish graphs and pie charts. Thus, with the lashing rain drowning out the boredom of a Saturday in August, as bejeweled storm-clouds scudder overhead, my fingers nipped across the keyboard as if summer was really happening..playful, alive and dry. Went to bed early, exhausted.