Another week of getting soaked. I'm really hoping it doesn't turn out like last year with a few weeks of sun and then rain for the rest of the time. I ended up drying off in a pub called 'The Telegraph' this week while taking photos of an equally soaked subject for 'The Guardian'.

Today I'm off on an arty job for The Guardian where the writer has mentioned "Constable skies". More like a dirty grey as I look out of the window and I'm keeping a sharp eye on the met forecast to see if things improve. It's often a problem when the writer visits a place and sees things which are simply not there on the day photos are shot. Not that I'm suggesting that they sometimes make things up of course-well not at The Guardian anyway!

The Sunday Telegraph sent me off to north London this week to photograph a used vegetable oil collector. Diesel is now averaging £1.29 a litre at the pumps in the UK so demand for vegetable oil has rocketed because the biodiesel that can be produced from it is 15p a litre cheaper with less duty payable. Thieves are even targeting the used oil from restaurants and either selling it on to biodiesel producers or producing their own. Apparently the oil has to be filtered then 'cooked' with methanol.
All I can say is that it looks a pretty messy process judging by the filthy oily van and barrels the collector arrived with.
I'm certainly not going to say I love the smell of chip fat in the morning.