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Dec 13 2013
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Daily Post, Interior

Russian Doll Nativity

Thursday 12th December 2013, 1.30pm (day 840)

Russian doll nativity, 12/12/13

These are the hardest of all days to document. I was in all day, did not leave the house for a moment, and it’s December — the least sunny month in the UK, in both senses. It rained all day, the light was grey and very dull. And I’ve been doing this for 840 days now, there are only so many bits of my house left to document. So here is a recent arrival — a cute Russian doll nativity scene, bought by the wife last weekend in the antiques centre. There’s three wise men, the shepherd, mother & child etc. Well, it is nearly Xmas.

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Dec 13 2013
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Outside the Student Services Centre

Wednesday 11th December 2013, 10.25am (day 839)

Ramp at uni, 11/12/13

I’m still without proper photo management software and it may be into January before I get it back, so I shall have to make do. It was my students’ graduation day today, I did get photos of the event but in the end I have gone with this one — largely because of Shaun the Sheep’s appearance, which amuses me.

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Dec 11 2013
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Landscape

The River Calder, near Hebden Bridge station

Tuesday 10th December 2013, 8.40am (day 838)

River Calder, 10/12/13

Another beautiful morning in a long run of good weather (proving the idiotic newspapers wrong with their predictions of a dire early winter). The bridge carries Mayroyd Lane over the river Calder, near the railway station. Another oft-passed scene, but it has managed not to appear thus far on the blog.

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Dec 11 2013
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Whitworth Park hall of residence, University of Manchester

Monday 9th December 2013, 11.10am (day 837)

Whitworth Park, 9/12/13

After six days in a row without leaving Hebden Bridge, I make it into campus. Here’s a scene from near our building: the very finely-named Whitworth Park halls of residence (my surname is Whitworth in case you didn’t know).

The more significant event today was that the hard drive on my old MacBook has failed, which is going to make it trickier to do my photos properly until I get my new one, which may not now arrive until after Christmas. Bear with me… the photos are still being taken, but they almost certainly won’t get posted on a daily basis.

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Dec 08 2013
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Portrait, Stranger

Toddling, St. George’s Square

Sunday 8th December 2013, 11.40am (day 836)

Toddling, 8/12/13

Offered up purely for the cute vote….

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Dec 07 2013
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Daily Post, Interior

Cabinet, Hebden Bridge Antiques Centre

Saturday 7th December 2013, 3.00pm (day 835)

Retro cabinet, 7/12/13

We did our bit for the local economy with some local Christmas shopping today. Did we buy the Star Trek Barbie & Ken? Well, that would be telling.

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Dec 07 2013
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna, Hebden Bridge

The Muscovy duck finds a space for the night

Friday 6th December 2013, 7.05pm (day 834)

Muscovy duck, 6/12/13

This Muscovy duck now lives permanently by the canal in the centre of town, opposite the Railway pub. (The wood beneath it on this photo is the gate of the dry dock.) It has been here for nearly two years now, and this is its third appearance on the blog, making it the first animal to definitively appear on here three times (as many times as my mother-in-law, I note…). According to Avian Web, the species is native to South America but is spreading through North America. It is certainly not native to the UK, or even Europe. Either it got blown a long way from home or — more likely — it is an escaped pet. It seems to have found for itself an amenable spot to retire to, either way.

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Dec 05 2013
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

A very windy day

Thursday 5th December 2013, 8.40am (day 833)

Blown over, 5/12/13

Wind is the hardest form of weather to capture on camera: this is my best effort at encapsulating what was, really, a very windy day, at least between dawn and about 2pm. The bins couldn’t hack it, they’re all down for the duration.

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Dec 04 2013
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

Nutclough Mill

Wednesday 4th December 2013, 11.00am (day 832)

Extension, 4/12/13

Neither of the last two days’ photos have much claim to be in focus, so I hope this one is better. The Mill extension continues to rise, and at some point, hey, we might even get the turf roof they’ve promised. Or perhaps they’ve forgotten. I mean, it’s so in character as it stands at the moment.

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Dec 03 2013
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

Valley Road, Hebden Bridge

Tuesday 3rd December 2013, 8.40am (day 831)

Valley Road, 3/12/13

Don’t expect a great deal of excitement on this blog for a while. This will remain one of the most home-bound periods to be documented on here, for some weeks to come yet. And on days when I am just working at home, with flat, dull light outside, it’s time to start trying things with colour and form.

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