It's All in the Detail

Day 15 - 8:30am, 15 February 2019

I make it along to the spot twice today. Once in the morning on the way to work and once on the way back from the supermarket to return the out-of-date ready meal that had been delivered a day too late. I had been prepared to be challenged or at least questioned. Instead, the employee manning the customer service desk apologised profusely and refunded me without question, promising to speak with the packers regarding the matter. I then feel guilty for pointing out what must have been an easy mistake to make. I enjoyed then taking a second pause at the River. It looked the same as this morning, only lighter, and so it is easier to make out the smaller details, such as the dead scrub on the little island around which the water is channelled as it comes under the bridge.

The big detail that has changed since I started the blog is the 'X that marks the spot' from which to take my photo has been renewed. As posters go, it is fairly insipid and had I not known that it replaced a slimming club poster, I would struggle to know what it was for. One half is taken up with what looks like a stock photo of two or three women sitting around having a chat. Now, it is 20 years plus since I have been to a slimming club, but I doubt very much that they have changed this much. For a start, nobody looks overweight on the poster, and they are all laughing at some hidden joke that is not apparent to us onlookers. I think they may be eating and drinking, but they could just as easily be advertising a kitchen as a great place to have a cup of coffee and a natter with your mates as a weight management initiative. The other half of the poster tells me where to find my nearest WW studio. The location follows in a highlighted box, which means the detail that stands out the most on the poster is the address of the meeting. There is no explanation of what WW is or why it is something that I should consider. As details go, I would have thought it was kind of crucial.