Folkestone Harbour Branch Line

I can't believe in a few days I can l get out of this chair and get away from this screen! The final stage has been a contrast of fretting over details like whether grp and gel coat layers can go over the the neoprene strip at the top of a concrete movement joint underwater and FINALLY having a flash of inspiration on how to present my concept in a way that can be understood in a glance. Going back over all my past work to gather it up has been a great experience. I have loved almost every subject I studied would happily go back and do some of them again. Who would pass up the chance to sit in on David Cary's fantastic lectures for example?!

Final Crit at Hadlow. Went really well I think. It was great to see everyones work on the wall. Felt a bit wobbly during the presentation and forgot to explain a few things in the right order, which left some questions hanging at the end. But was told it went well! I feel really pretty clear about what needs to happen next apart from being told to revisit the planting. I had a good think about it today and feel that actually the supposed issues with my planting, like telling me I had too much scent are bascially just plain wrong (what people like the smell of carbon monoxide in the morning do they?) and it's now up to me to apply myself to explaining my the reasoning behind my choices better, because they ARE the right choices.

Tip for the lighting concept plan - matt finish - shiny just reflects to much with all that ink on it and you can't see it. I'm really chuffed with mine. Will it stand up to the J and J challenge. Hmm.

Got to watch out for the dreaded holding pattern. So tired and eyesore, if I don't watch it, I'm just staring at the screen in a kind of mental loop and nothing happens. Oh dear.

Sequentials on a3.. to go in a line next to the glamourous bit of plastic trunking on my patch of wall at Hadlow. Got rid of that boiling volcanic sky reflected in the pond. Looks a bit more cheery anyway. It made me think of a volcanic eruption, with a vaguely apocalyptic atmosphere. Nice! Not proper annotation, just junk text.

1:50 Plan. I feel like I've done this blasted thing 3 times now and I still don't really love it. No more time to do it again so here it is. Quite a relief to have to let go of it and move on.