A grand day out

In an effort to collect some interesting materials and start adding some intensity to the project we scoured a couple of miles of a really cold and miserable Thames river... the wrong side of the Dome. We found some interesting bits on the bank with the tide out and met an awesome old carpenter known only as 'Dad', we also attained some useful metal box tubing which we can use as legs on the machines from two old guys in a metal workshop.

We also found some nice abandoned buildings opposite this old derelict bridge jetty which we are planning to follow up. It was a hard, dirty day and we were totally unprepared, we clearly need to invest in some good, tough, waterproof gloves for the kind of dirty collecting we are undertaking at times and bring suitable, strong bags in which to carry heavy objects. Andy would have been the better prepared for the task if he had worn his wellies, alas he thought we were going to laugh at him... in the end we laughed at him for not bringing them.