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Demolition & construction in the snow

The site of the missile guidance systems factory at the bottom of the road which is being re-developed into housing is handy when conditions are too bad to motorcycle out of town. Even so, with the combined effects of wind-chill and the hole in my boot letting in slush it was soon hard to maintain concentration.  The Sony W380 (which is small enough to shoot through the gaps in the perimeter fencing) has a subtly indented shutter button which can hardly be felt at the best of times but with raw fingers it was  a case of frame the shot then look to see if my finger was in pressing in the right spot on the camera's top edge.  How people work at anything demanding in extreme conditions, I don't know.  After an hour I was ready to go look at wood.