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The view is from the A9 road, looking towards the Cairngorms National Park. This was part of the road trip when we lost the radio signal because we were on the roof of Britain (?). There was low cloud and mist, (I darkened the sky) with the sun struggling to show. I photographed the industrial mobile staircases because together they looked surreal. They ( collective noun?) were in a storage compound belonging to D. Utting & Son Engineering, who manufacture car spraying booths on Exeter St. here in Norwich. I introduced the horse and rider as a compositional connect, which works quite well. I photographed them at the Royal Norfolk Show. They were milling about with others in a paddock, waiting to perform in a show jumping/dressage competition. The staircase took a long time to isolate from the original photo, and the picture came about (as usual) by noodling around with disparate elements and connections. Out Of The Stalls – geddit?