Photo of the Year Competition

In the words of the judges, this year’s Ruddlesden geotechnical photo of the year competition was “a bit low on quality”.

But this year’s winner, taken by Harry Spence, is worthy of its place on the wall. His photograph summed up his site in one shot: the redevelopment of a dirty farmyard in a pretty Devon village.

A worthy runner-up was Geoff Davis, with his “not everyone can get a donkey in photograph” entry.

To which Harry quite rightly retorted, with his second entry: “not everyone can get a zebra in photograph”.

The judges would like to give special mention to Catherine Greed, with her photograph, which was unfortunately taken and submitted too late to be considered; a photograph that the judges said would probably have won had it been submitted in time, as it had everything: sheep, drillers, borehole rig, grass and sky.