In all honesty i’m not a huge fan of the run-up to christmas celebrations. happy to admit that when it comes to the shopping and tinsels, fake santa clauses, and amateur choirs on the street, i find the whole thing pretty depressing. the day i took these pictures , at the back-end of november, the weather had turned decidedly wintry. i’m talking british wintry here; cold, windy, with a constant threat of drizzly rain. that i found the will to make any photographs at all is a mystery to me.