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Jun 29 2014
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George and Kelly visit

Sunday 29th June 2014, 10.20am (day 1,039)

George and Kelly, 29/6/14

George is originally from Cyprus and his wife Kelly, from Minnesota. They had been living in Austin, Texas, but have recently moved to Vancouver Island, Canada. He used to work with me at the University of Manchester and was passing through Hebden Bridge (England) today, on their way to fly home, from Scotland, so we met in the morning for tea.

I don’t know if they were planning to appear on my blog as well as all these other places in their life, but as they look happy and I like this picture of them, they have.

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Jun 01 2014
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Saturday DIY

Saturday 31st May 2014, 2.40pm (day 1,010)

Angle grinding, 31/5/14

Could have gone with another crappily lit and probably out-of-focus picture of the gig we went to tonight (third in a week), but enough of that theme. Here’s some angle grinding instead. At least one of the bands we saw tonight was less musical than this by the way.

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May 23 2014
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Philosophy

Friday 23rd May 2014, 9.55am (day 1,002)

Philosophy, 23/5/14

I mean, really. Did you have to cope with this kind of stuff before 10am this morning?

And bearing in mind this guy is German, a philosopher, with a brilliant mind — does he not (with all due respect) win the ‘walking cliché of the month’ award?

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May 16 2014
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Alexander takes a well-earned rest

Thursday 15th May 2014, 4.20pm (day 994)

Alex the translator, 15/5/14

My last day in Russia on this trip. I spent it at what must be at least the 20th university campus to grace this blog, Skolkovo, just outside Moscow, delivering a seminar and having it simultaneously translated into Russian by this guy. I don’t know if you’ve ever experienced simultaneous translation but the effort and concentration it takes must be phenomenal, so he certainly earned his tea and pastries afterwards. Particularly as he must be all of what, 17? OK, I’m exaggerating slightly, but he was a little waif of a bloke.

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May 12 2014
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Craig in the bar (and smoking)

Monday 12th May 2014, 9.55pm (day 991)

Craig smoking, 12/5/14

I am here in Moscow with three colleagues and since they heard about this blog they seem all day to have been competing to be featured on it. Craig wins 🙂

Posted also for the novelty value of being taken in a place where it is still legal to smoke in bars and restaurants. Apparently a ban is due to start in Russia in a few weeks, but looking at how many people here still do smoke, I wonder how well it will take.

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Apr 30 2014
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Etienne Wenger

Wednesday 30th April 2014, 12.25pm (day 979)

Etienne Wenger, 30/4/14

On average, you probably haven’t heard of this guy, but in my field he’s quite a big name. We are lucky to have him as a part-time academic at the University of Manchester. I’ve heard him talk before, he’s a very expressive speaker, so I knew it wouldn’t be too hard to catch him in some kind of animated pose. The ‘practice’ on the board behind it also makes the shot — if you know the work he does.

 

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Apr 27 2014
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Brass section, Owter Zeds

Saturday 26th April 2014, 10:05pm (day 975)

Owter Zeds, 26/4/14

The Owter Zeds (think about the name — say it with a Yorkshire accent) are a band of local renown. Despite having an average age of well over 50, they still rock rather well.

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Apr 18 2014
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Clare and Mike in the ‘Old Gate’ pub

Thursday 17th April 2014, 6.20pm  (day 966)

Clare and Mike, 17/4/14

Mike is one of the old Leeds university posse — as indeed is Clare, whom I met while we were both studying there in 1996. He and others (not pictured: Sarah, Iain, Angela…) met up for a pint or three in Hebden Bridge this evening, the sort of thing that you always say you should do more often, but somehow don’t.

This man’s cooked on TV you know — I am envious!

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Apr 15 2014
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John the Barber

Tuesday 15th April 2014, 1.25pm (day 964)

John the barber, 15/4/14

This guy is as familiar a face around Hebden Bridge as anyone. Here, on a gloriously sunny afternoon, he surveys the town square from the top of the stairs that lead to the unit within his shop in, alongside the other establishments indicated. If he does have a surname I’m not sure most people know it: everyone calls him John the Barber. I guess that’s how people get surnames in the first place, isn’t it?

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Apr 13 2014
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Steve and Tara in the Railway

Sunday 13th April 2014, 4.15pm (day 962)

Steve and Tara, 13/4/14

These two have appeared on the blog before, several times each — though not, I think, together; which is odd because together is how they always are. Of all the human/animal couplings I know Steve and Tara are the most symbiotic.

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