NO LONG lie today…I have to get my ass to the Helix in Falkirk to photograph the Dandelion Trust’s harvest festival event,

The sun is shining and it’s set to be a good day out. I meet Martyn and Jamie on site – they’re doing some filming – then touch base with Angela and Yvonne – my contacts for the event.

There’s a full program of live music, stilt walkers, plants and seedlings for folks to find out about and take away, kids crafts…and a food van giving away the most amazing food. Slow cooked beef shin, dumplings and Irn Bru-glazed potatoes.

I’m on site until about 4pm then drive home. Margaret’s been looking after the kids and taken them swimming so I hang out with them for a while then hit the studio and dump my photos onto a hard drive.

Once the kids are in bed and asleep I light some charcoal and grill the marinaded chicken…