Edwards Ceative Media
Snowy days
02/12/10 10:42
Snow man
The snow is here and I thought I’d take my camera out to play. I went for a walk along the beautiful meandering stretch of the River Tees, which skirts Darlington unseen by the hustlers and bustlers just a couple of hundred yards away.
It was a serene scene... and through the trees, white laden, I noticed a trail of smoke and the crack of burning wood. I found the fire. And then found the man who made it. We got talking. His name’s Colin. About 50. He hasn’t got a job and comes down to the river to remove the dead wood and fallen timber from paths and that blocks the stream into the river. He told me the farmer says his work has stopped the adjacent field from flooding recently.
He’s an unemployed labourer. He said he’d never known it so bad as it is now. He’d been out of work a year. He asked me to warm my hands by the fire. I was in my expensive winter gear carrying my expensive video camera. His sodden gloves were next to the flames trying to dry off. His old bike was lying under a bush.
The snow is here and I thought I’d take my camera out to play. I went for a walk along the beautiful meandering stretch of the River Tees, which skirts Darlington unseen by the hustlers and bustlers just a couple of hundred yards away.
It was a serene scene... and through the trees, white laden, I noticed a trail of smoke and the crack of burning wood. I found the fire. And then found the man who made it. We got talking. His name’s Colin. About 50. He hasn’t got a job and comes down to the river to remove the dead wood and fallen timber from paths and that blocks the stream into the river. He told me the farmer says his work has stopped the adjacent field from flooding recently.
He’s an unemployed labourer. He said he’d never known it so bad as it is now. He’d been out of work a year. He asked me to warm my hands by the fire. I was in my expensive winter gear carrying my expensive video camera. His sodden gloves were next to the flames trying to dry off. His old bike was lying under a bush.
