Category Archives: Urban scene

Rose Street, Edinburgh

Saturday 5th April 2014, 5.30pm (day 954)

Rose Street, 5/4/14

After 954 days this blog finally includes a picture from Scotland, with a few more to come over the next few days — I’m here in Edinburgh for the weekend, then a conference. This is no hardship — Edinburgh is one of my favourite cities. At the moment this does not add another country to the blog but after the independence vote next September, who knows.

Perhaps there are more representative shots to be got of the city but I think this one captures what this street is like, at least – a pedestrianised pub-lined highway, more or less. Incidentally the clock you see is an hour slow, it must still not have been put forward since last weekend. 5.30 was definitely the time the shot was taken.

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Bryggen, Bergen

Wednesday 2nd April 2014, 6.05pm (day 951)

Bryggen, 2/4/14

These are the most famous buildings in Bergen, and a UNESCO World Heritage site. They sit by the harbour in the city centre. And your eyes do not deceive you — nor is it bad editing on my part — they really are this wonky.

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One St. Peter’s Square, Manchester

Monday 31st March 2014, 9.50am (day 949)

1 St Peter's Sq, 31/3/14

This new office building has been going up for some months now and makes its own contribution to the fact that most of central Manchester is currently a building site.

Last day of March, and also the last day of this 136-day stretch spent solely in the UK. The last time I took (or could take) a photo from outside this country was day 813. However, I am off to Norway tomorrow.

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Heptonstall churchyard

Saturday 29th March 2014, 3.05pm (day 947)

Heptonstall churchyard, 29/3/14

Heptonstall is the oldest part of Hebden Bridge, built several hundred feet above where the main town now stands. Its cemetery is home to the town’s most well-known deceased resident, Sylvia Plath. This part of the churchyard, located between the 19th century church seen here and its ruined, 15th century predecessor,  is a Gothic playground of tombs that is always good for a photo.

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Workman, Cross Street

Friday 28th March 2014, 8.05am (day 946)

Workman, 28/3/14

And there’s your fifth Manchester shot in a row. There might be one on Monday but no more after that for a while. This commuting stuff? You can keep it 🙂

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Sackville Street

Wednesday 26th March 2014, 8.00am (day 944)

Sackville Street, 26/3/14

Talk about a polarised day. The morning — glorious, beautiful sunshine, pleasantly mild. Then I arrived at work at the unusually early time of 8.15, emerged again 9 hours later, and it had become thoroughly chilly, grey and damp. There is a reason all my photos today were taken in the morning.

Anyway, here is the third of my mini-series — guaranteed 5-in-a-row of Manchester. I love the various lines on this shot. This is taken at the point Sackville Street meets Canal Street — the lady is just stepping onto the bridge that takes Sackville Street over the canal.

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Exchange Square, Manchester

Monday 24th March 2014, 4.35pm (day 942)

Exchange square, 24/3/14

I have to work all five days this week in Manchester and that happens very rarely. So I am making a point from Monday – Friday this week of having all my photos be of the city. It gives me a mini-challenge within the broader one. This is taken toward the end of the working day; as I took it I thought the guy had busted me, but whatever it is he’s noticed, it’s not me.

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Early Sunday morning, Leeds city centre

Sunday 23rd March 2014, 1.35am (day 941)

Leeds Sunday morning, 23/3/14

Apart from any innate qualities this pic may have, it is about time I proved to the world that I do occasionally stop up past midnight now and again. This is taken near City Square, Leeds. One guy makes his way home, the other may already be there. The third of the 941 pictures to be taken between 1.00 – 1.59am.

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Scissor lift, Nutclough Mill

Friday 21st March 2014, 9.20am (day 939)

Scissor lift, 21/3/14

The extension, to the left of this shot, is now clad and glazed and presumably will start being decorated inside sometime soon. At this time in the morning the sun shines rather well down the narrow channel that has been left between it and the main, Victorian mill building to the right. (Notice also the red van that has snuck into the top of the shot, an indication of the sometimes surreal configuration of the streets and buildings in this town.)

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West Pier, Brighton

Thursday 20th March 2014, 10.00am (day 938)

West pier, 20/3/14

This is the ruined West Pier’s second appearance on the blog, the first — accompanied by a huge flock of starlings — being way back on Day 72. Earlier this year it lost another chunk of ironwork to the winter storms, although that damage is not really visible on this shot. The photo also proves that it was a glorious morning on the south coast today — rather nicer than the foul wind and rain back in the north when I got home tonight, I can tell you (grumble).

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