…of the last week. Jon carrying my bag every morning.
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Secure in his masculinity?
A truly amazing downpour reminiscent of our first 3 weeks on site…
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The clouds build
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Lights on as the storm approaches
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The heavens open
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View from the cooks’ kabin
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Raindrops the size of golf balls…
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The trackway is laid in order to lift the kabins
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Tidying my desk – Dan’s image preserved!
On Tuesday night Mike treated all members of staff still left on site to a last supper at the Red Lion. It was a convivial evening – fairly disruptive for any other diners – but how happy we all look!
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Table 1 – here come the girls: left to right…Emily, Nicola, Su, Liz, Rose, Sarah
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Table 2: left to right – Lee’s arm, Rob, Tom, Rich, Mike, Riz, Zoe
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Table 3: – left to right – Matt G, Lizzi, Natalie
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Sarah and Tom – shiny happy people!
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On the last day: 3 wise monkeys
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Dan: coffee grinding
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An empty portakabin…a last coffee….Dan,Tom,Hen, Matt