13th March. Back in Circulation.

In an idle moment I gazed out of the window over the motorway to the site of the former open cast coal mine, now pleasantly grassed over.

The umpteen millions of tons of carbon are long gone, having been burnt and returned to the atmosphere for better or worse. This is so we can enjoy life with the convenience of electricity.

In the process somebody's farm was swallowed up, not to mention the farmhouse. That's how this palatial testament to the tastes of the 80's was erected on this side of the M90 as compensation for the retiring farmer. A gentleman now, sadly, also returned to the atmosphere and carbon cycle.