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8                Saturday 24th December 2011      4.15pm                 Christmas Eve

It is dark now. I have just come in from the hill. It is Christmas Eve, bells ringing as I painted, the lights just starting to come on. I began working at twilight at around 3.45pm and despite having a gas lamp I couldn’t really see to finish the last marks. Just enough light to pack up and make my way back home. There is a real sense of it being the deepest darkest time of the year.