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I had a very busy day today, what with doctors, translations, tables, fencers and bacon rolls. Craig brought a trailer full of wood with him today and set about 'chapping-in' the posts onto which the new fence will be attached. The posts are real monsters: 4"x4"x8', and they are concreted to a depth of 18". Once the concrete had set, the posts were rigidly in place: they are not going anywhere! The usual complications set in... all but the final two post holes were in rubble, making the job more time consuming than would have otherwise been the case. Nevertheless, all of the posts are now in, and the rails and boards will be put on tomorrow. Then, and only then, can we begin demolishing the 100 year-old 10' brick wall. As is normal on Thursday evenings, I took Liam to his guitar lesson. This time, however, there was a slight difference, as I brought Gavin along with me. I thought that since I normally spend the time during Liam's lesson taking photos, then I might as well have some company... and who better than Gavin? The matter of taking photographs during this short interval is not as easy as it sounds. Firstly, the lesson lasts 45 minutes, so we have to be back fairly sharply. The challenge is to reach somewhere photogenic, recce the area, take a few shots and then get back to pick Liam up as he comes out. I make it even more difficult for myself: use a manual lens (in my case, the M42 Carl Zeiss 135mm - complete with lack of infinity focus and relatively slow 3.5 aperture), and only take hand held shots! Since I had been to the destination only a couple of weeks ago, I let Gavin use an automatic lens and a tripod (although to be fair to him, he had his F90 on the tripod, and hand-held his D70). The destination? Errol station: 15 minute drive from Dundee - giving us a whole 15 minutes in which to capture the images! Hectic? Maybe. Good fun? Definitely.

No berries yet this year on this tree!