Perous Secret Diary - Keep Out: January 16, 2009

AOP: the judgement is FINAL

DTT in the filthy perou-mobile past a lorry disintegrating disaster on the A2.

heading down the hill to the blackwall tunnel approach, i had the stereo up loud.
after slowing down (gently) and stopping for parked traffic, i casually looked in my rear view mirror in time to see a car heading sideways towards the back of me, then another car hit that and possibly another hit that.
all to a chopped and screwed (slow-mo) soundtrack.
very cinematic.
i considered what i should do.

decided that as no-one was hurt and that i wasn't directly involved it would be prudent to continue with my journey.
felt odd to have had such a near miss and to be able to just drive on with the traffic which was now moving in front of me.

arrived in town early so got some polish men to wash the dirt off the motor.
thinking it was only a matter of time before i got pulled for having an invisible (hidden under dirt) number plate.

which is a shame because as i left the AOP awards judging finals, i was flashing the V's at some of my co-judges and drove 35mph through a 30mph camera and got a flashing.
IF i hadn't cleaned my car, there is NO way my number plate would have been readable: PAH.
this also followed an earlier conversation with a fellow judge about what gatso cameras were.
almost ironic.

SO.
here's chloe and max forsythe holding up some finalist's prints for us to be voting on.
(we'd already seen them close up)
i've blanked them out of course: it would be bad form present a spoiler.

had a long but happy day debating and disagreeing with co-judges.

photography SO subjective innit.
the judges come from a wide old mix of the industry and there was a lot of different opinions.
unfortunately mine always seemed to differ from the ad art buyers there: the people who could give me some decent work IF we were like minded.

awards in april sometime i think.
if i'm in the country i'll be there.

while i was away from farm, the canterbury council conservation officer called round, unannounced.
after i'd given CC the nod i was planning on changing the windows in the old cheese room.

he has decided that the recently discovered window in the old cheese room is historically significant and has to be replaced as it would have been in the 1800's (since the house was built in 1650, i don't know why it doesn't have to be replaced as it was when it was first built?) so a specialist window made by a craftsman, which isn't double glazed but has lead bits holding tiny panes together and costs a fortune is our only legal option.
great.