The earth moved - well the walls did!

Picked up the keys for the unit this morning and met the maintenance man who replaced the three broken pains of glass.  He also removed some rubble that the previous tenant had left - so there I was on my new home, so to speak.

Andy, one of my ex students who just happens to be an electrician, was good enough to come and have a look at the place and is going to work out what I need in terms of wiring, sockets and lighting.

After a quick trip to the hardware and some junk food for lunch time to start work.  The existing stud wall does not give as much space as I need for the two darkrooms so I decided to dismantle it and move it three feet into the main room.  Not a difficult job, but a lengthy one when you are working on your own.

The views from my windows.  The studio over looks the River Thame and ,above the rive, the Huddersfield Canal.  I had a visit from a couple of my neighbours, Eve and Fiona, who told me that there is a mink loving opposite the mill.  Fiona is an artist and Eve is another photographer who has a corner studio, with five windows.  she was saying that she is planning on setting up a darkroom but was struggling because of the windows and getting water to her studio.  It looks like she will be taking me up on the offer of the use of my darkroom when it is 

finished.

Just before I gave up for the nigh due to failing light - the bulb blew in the only flood light I had taken down, I had a visit from another neighbour.  A guy called Baz who is a portrait and wedding photographer with a studio two floors above me.  It would seem that thee is quite a friendly little community in the mill.