![The new build roof is now starting to take shape.](https://i0.wp.com/www.churchhigh.me.uk/times/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/16-11th-January-2016-2-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169)
It is usually the opposite way around for me, but this evening it was not the grey new-build structure but the old building that lacked warmth, brooding in the shadows beyond the range of the lights. Through the criss-crossed wire fencing and dark twisty branches of the big tree, it was a strain on the eyes trying to discern any changes to the steelwork of the new circulation extension as dusk was falling.
![In contrast, the old building to our left is much more shadowy.](https://i0.wp.com/www.churchhigh.me.uk/times/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/16-11th-January-2016-3-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169)
At this point, right on cue, two late shift workers emerged from the cabin. This wasn’t the first time – and no doubt won’t be the last – that I have had to explain my motivation for poking a camera lens through the site gates. Neither was it the first time someone has offered to help me out – and hopefully it won’t be the last time either! When I got back home, the shot of the old build extension frame taken for me by a kind gentleman showed steel flooring ready to be laid.
![Metal flooring waiting to be laid in the old build.](https://i0.wp.com/www.churchhigh.me.uk/times/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/16-11th-January-2016-5-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169)
The reversals tonight were not just visual, but aural too. The new build site in the day-time is usually abuzz with the sound of machinery at work, but, tonight, the only noise was occasional ‘clanking’ sounds emanating from within the old building itself. I remembered hearing that Wates had applied for, and had been granted, a slight extension to their interior working times. Tonight, as we passed illuminated windows, it was impossible not to try to sneak a peek inside.
![The old building is all lit-up inside for the night shift.](https://i0.wp.com/www.churchhigh.me.uk/times/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/16-11th-January-2016-1-169x300.jpg?resize=169%2C300)