High Rise

At last an afternoon when it's bright and warm enough to encourage the bilberrry pickers though they will need to have been tolerant of midges and mud if they wandered any distance onto the site. It was also clear enough to view the changes away in the distance.

With optical aid the M1 was just visible as was the mega shopping experience both a reminder why we are on Blacka and not there. The big change in the view is the extra height on Sheffield's latest status symbol the tower being built near the Sheffield Hallam University, roughly aligned with the now gone Tinsley Cooling Tower and less welcome.

It would be rather satisfying if it developed some unexpected character along the lines of the crooked spire at Chesterfield, also just visible today.