Author Archives: Drew Whitworth

Nov 12 2023
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Daily Post, Transport

Collingham station at dusk

Saturday 11th November 2023, 5.15pm (day 4,461)

Collingham station, 11/11/23

Collingham, in rural Nottinghamshire, becomes the 445th different named place to be featured on here: so I maintain the record of, more or less, one new place every ten days on average. This illustrates my urge to explore, if nothing else. Pictured, the start of my journey home: two and three-quarter hours later I was back in Hebden Bridge.

Should I have cropped the bits to the left? The fence annoys me a little: but on the other hand I couldn’t lose it without losing the hint of red light, which I like.

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Nov 10 2023
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Daily Post, Landscape

Morning on the tops

Friday 10th November 2023, 8.20am (day 4,460)

Long Causeway mist view, 10/11/23

Today didn’t quite work out as planned, but nor am I complaining. A glorious morning. The sheep seem quite contented about it, too.

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Nov 09 2023
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Daily Post, Interior

This winter’s fire

Thursday 9th November 2023, 5.20pm (day 4,459)

New fire, 9/11/23

The fire in the pub has been lit some two or three weeks earlier than last year. This is a good thing.

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Nov 09 2023
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Group portrait (mallards)

Wednesday 8th November 2023, 10.15am (day 4,458)

Duck portrait, 8/11/23

On another dull day, in all respects, the waterfowl of Hebden Bridge once again save things photographically. As I’ve said on here before, I do like mallards, they seem quite an agreeable species. The duck to the far right definitely looks smug about something.

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Nov 08 2023
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Daily Post, Landscape

Rainbow’s end

Tuesday 7th November 2023, 2.40pm (day 4,457)

Rainbow and geese, 7/11/23

Rainbows are, technically, optical illusions, but they are illusions that the camera also sees. This one was definitely touching earth somewhere around the Old Lees Road/Hurst Road area of Hebden Bridge this afternoon. The geese wouldn’t have seen it though; they were flying in the opposite direction.

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Nov 06 2023
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Infrastructural stuff

Monday 6th November 2023, 9.25am (day 4,456)

Infrastructure work, 6/11/23

Dig a hole in the road and you can leave it there as long as you like, as long as you put up a barrier around it and make it look important. This has been here on Princess Street for weeks. Not often under such portentous skies, though.

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Nov 05 2023
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Fungus settlement

Sunday 5th November 2023, 1.15pm (day 4,455)

Fungus settlement, 5/11/23

When I captured this clutch of fungi engaged in consuming this old tree down by the river, I had a feeling that I’d been here before. And so I had — getting on for seven years ago; it was 7/1/2017 when this symbiosis was seen from another angle. They’re taking their time, as the tree carcass doesn’t seem any smaller than it did back then. But if you are a fungus, I guess you see time differently.

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Nov 05 2023
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Daily Post, Sport

Marley Stadium, Keighley

Saturday 4th November 2023, 3.25pm (day 4,454)

Marley Stadium landscape, 4/11/23

It’s Saturday, it’s in the region of 3pm, there’ll be a few football matches going on around the place I’m sure. The Marley Stadium in Keighley isn’t the most comfortable of venues but the backdrop’s pretty reasonable.

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Nov 04 2023
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Worm race

Friday 3rd November 2023, 1.50pm (day 4,453)

Worm race, 3/11/23

On opening the lid of the allotment’s compost barrel this afternoon a whole nest of earthworms was revealed, some four feet up. These two decided they would take the opportunity to return to ground level. The one on the right had a clear head start but the other was catching up. If I was a gambling man…. but instead, I like their translucency. And at least the sun was shining for a little while today, the first sight of it for a few days.

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Nov 04 2023
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna, Hebden Bridge

Tree and Chapel, evening

Thursday 2nd November 2023, 5.40pm (day 4,452)

Tree and Baptist Chapel, 2/11/23

This week has been one of those periods where keeping this blog going is as much an exercise in persistence as it is one of creativity. Despite all the countries that have been seen in the last 12.25 years (see the stats) it’s been seven months since I have left the UK (the last shot taken away from Blighty being this one of the Pyrenees on 5th April). But this will change in 2024, with fairly definite plans for trips to Canada, the US (including New York City) and at least one return to St Helena, via Namibia. So hang in there…. Meanwhile, here’s a shot of a local tree.

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