In the run-up to our Halloween session, it seemed like the odds were stacked against us. There was no consensus in the weather forecasts, with the majority predicting disruptive cloud cover. The Blackheath Fair was much closer than normal, having moved fields to the Lewisham side of Shooters Hill Road. And preparation work for the Blackheath Fireworks the following weekend meant that ground protection mats, laid for the tractors bringing in fencing, were all over our observin