More wood, less metal

We pass an industrial estate on one of Winston’s walks.
 

machines in line

 
Normally this area is full of company lorries – or employee’s cars – or it has Caterpillar heavy equipment set 3 or 4 deep waiting to be taken around the country. For a few weeks now though there have been no cars, no earth-movers, just wood.
 

pallets at night

 
 

pallets at night

 

pallets at night

 
Thousands and thousands of wooden pallets stacked high and deep. The only noise we have heard is the small machine that stacks it all up. The beep-beep-beep as it reverses.
 

pallets at night

 
It was strange seeing all the machinery parked so squarely and the lorries so carefully but this is .. spooky almost.

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