Rings Hot and Cold

Seven and a half hours to 1285/cone 10, 4 1/2 kg salt [even less than last time]-most of which Gunn shovelled in,and no time to take photos 'til the end,as you can see. We started firing at 3.30,finished around eleven,crashed cooled over a welcome glass of chilled grape juice,and studied a few pages of Cardew: we're up to the appendices now [there are about 15 of them],some of which make gripping reading,as appendices go. I'm tired and off to [Proust and] bed. Opening [I hope] tomorrow.