MONO MONDAY - CORNERS

Corner - a place or angle where two sides or edges meet

I was awake very early again this morning, without the alarm waking me, and was ready to go out for my walk just after 6 o’clock - my eighth daily walk in a row - so I am getting used to this.  The only trouble is that sadly, my knees don’t feel any less creaky and in fact, most steps I take are quite painful.  Not sure why, but perhaps I need to do some other exercises too.

By 6.40 a.m. the walk completed, I was back home and had a quick bite of breakfast before going over to Waitrose to do some shopping, since they opened at 7 o’clock.  It was very quiet, as you would expect at that time, so after I had finished, and put the shopping in the boot of the car, I went for a walk over the canal bridge and took lots of shots of different corners, but wasn’t really happy with them - well not happy enough for the Mono Monday challenge anyway.

Walking around the outside of the Hall & Woodhouse pub, which is in a delightful spot on the canalside, I found this workbench, which is obviously very old and because there is a theme of boatbuilding and repairing within the pub, this may have something to do with that, although, unfortunately, there was no-one around to ask that early in the morning.  I did think it would translate well into a black and white shot but I also tried it in this sepia colour and think it works better than stark black and white - and there are certainly plenty of corners on the bench.

Whilst looking at the workbench, I did wonder what stories it would tell if it could speak.  I also wondered how many boats have started off as just plain pieces of wood and then been shaped on this bench to make wonderful sea, river or canal-worthy boats?  However many, this was obviously a well-used workbench.

Mission accomplished, I drove home and then sat in the garden for a while with Mr. HCB, who had been pottering about out there since just after I left, so he told me.  It was lovely sitting in the sun and of course, I wore my new Tilley hat!

“It is essential to have good tools, 
     but it is also essential 
          that the tools should be used 
               in the right way.”
Wallace D. Wattles