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Field Notes: November 10, 2024 Location: A lay-by on the A5, English Midlands ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Encounter Summary: The world was a uniform grey, the air thick with drizzle and the smell of wet asphalt. I was documenting the hardy flora of a roadside ditch—a grim terrarium of mud, grass, and discarded aluminum cans. There, half-submerged in the scummy water, was what I registered as just another piece of human detritus: a large, sodden black tarp or rubbish bag. It was only the unnatural, star-like y

144K views · 2.6K reactions | A big shock for BBC Midlands Today presenter Nick Owen tonight - a special on-air film to mark his 20 years on the programme. | BBC Birmingham | Facebook