Jan 19 2026
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Daily Post, Landscape

Valley mist

Monday 19th January 2026, 8.50am (day 5,261)

Valley mist, 19/1/26

And so, after a weekend out, it’s back to work — at home. I suppose, somewhere to the south (about 25 miles to the south in fact) there might be colleagues buzzing around ‘in the office’ but the online meetings I had today suggested that most people were treating the day in the same way I was. None of this has anything to do with the content of today’s shot as such, but it does explain why, once again, the day required something that can be captured through our windows.

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Jan 19 2026
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Daily Post, Transport

Moor Road metrolink

Sunday 18th January 2026, 3.30pm (day 5,260)

Moor Road metrolink, 18/1/26

Having managed to avoid going to work in Manchester for several days (a run that is not over yet), I nevertheless concocted a reason to go there on a Sunday, to ‘get out of the house’ — go figure that one out. I did not regret this, but it was a day on which the city lived up to its reputation for a certain dampness of climate. It’s not obviously coming down in this shot, but you can just feel it, can’t you?

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Jan 18 2026
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Daily Post, Portrait, Sport, Stranger

The full-back

Saturday 17th January 2026, 3.20pm (day 5,259)

Full-back, 17/1/26

On the basis that no fewer than 23 people (because you do need a referee) can be gathered in each area of space that comprises a Saturday afternoon football match, then there must have been at least a quarter of a million people in the UK doing what this guy was doing at the same point in time, 3.20pm. That’s just the people on the pitches, too. At least 30 other people, including substitutes, coaches and slighly weird people (like me) were also persuaded that watching Sheffield Union v Thornbridge Villa in the 12th tier of English football was the best way they had of spending Saturday afternoon. So add another million or two for all of them…. it can’t be completely wasted collective effort, can it? At this level it’s certainly not about making any money.

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Jan 17 2026
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

The treetops

Friday 16th January 2026, 9.40am (day 5,258)

Treetop houses, 16/1/26

The ‘treetop’ houses on Heptonstall Road have featured before, I am sure, but forgive me if I don’t dig out the hyperlink right now. But once again, you were getting something that could be seen from my place. At least, after today, my marking duties are over for a while.

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Jan 16 2026
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In the flowerpot

Thursday 15th January 2026, 11.55am (day 5,257)

Flowerpot reflection, 15/1/26

I’m still marking. This miniature world was found just outside the front door, a little flowerpot full of water and with some long-drowned little clumps of green at the bottom. Maybe it says a lot that it was the most interesting thing seen today. On the other hand, as it has turned out, this is really just a shot of my hands — they’re both on there — and in that regard I quite like the shot.

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Jan 15 2026
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

Gathering of blue and red lights

Wednesday 14th January 2026, 5.40pm (day 5,256)

Police van, 14/1/26

Another day with a photo that will fail to enter the world’s, or even my own, stock of Great Pictures, but it’ll be like this for a while, I’m afraid. It’s always a little worrying to come home and find an ambulance and police van parked outside the house, but whatever had been going on, it wasn’t at our place. These little moments of incident take place behind walls, and we see the outcome but never discover their origin.

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Jan 14 2026
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Daily Post, Landscape

The skyline

Tuesday 13th January 2026, 1.40pm (day 5,255)

Afternoon sky, 13/1/26

Don’t expect to see much over the next few days, one way or another. It is, definitely, Marking Season, and I need to save money anyway (doesn’t everyone at this point in the year?). The skies are moody and so pointing the camera up at the skyline to the south of town seemed the best option today, but we’ll see how the rest of the week goes. This is one of those shots where I really haven’t changed the setting to monochrome, but can’t prove it.

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Jan 13 2026
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David is ready

Monday 12th January 2026, 1.50pm (day 5,254)

Mandi and David, 12/1/26

Three years and four months ago, in September 2022, Mandi and I met David when he arrived in Manchester to begin work on his PhD. Today saw the culmination of that work, and his efforts, when at 4pm or so he was officially awarded the title of Dr David (or Chu-Yang) Chang. Congratulations to him — believe me, if anyone deserved it for sheer level of work, it was him. The culmination perhaps, but not the end of the relationship: we hope he’ll be around for at least a little while yet.

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Jan 12 2026
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Daily Post, Interior

In the depths of New Street

Sunday 11th January 2026, 3.05pm (day 5,253)

New Street station, 11/1/26

And another photo taken at a railway station but not depicting a train — or, in this case, even any tracks. Birmingham New Street, the busiest railway station in the UK outside London, is almost the epitome of a hole in the ground, with all the tracks squatting below the gigantic retail edifice that is the station building itself. I suppose, up there, the place is OK but the platforms are not a place in which one feels like hanging around very long. Still, at least our train home was punctual, unlike the last time I depicted the place on here.

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Jan 11 2026
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Daily Post, Transport

Routes on from Warrington

Saturday 10th January 2026, 10.05am (day 5,252)

Tracks at Warrington, 10/1/26

Warrington was the intermediate stop on today’s journey. Which way on from here? Left & further south? Right, and eventually north? Do we score 45 points one way and 100 points the other? And the wiring looks just as complex as it did yesterday…

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