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Aug 26 2024
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Daily Post, Interior

Cake, one day early (or, 13 full years)

Sunday 25th August 2024, 1.40pm (day 4,749)

Birthday cake, 25/8/24

Today brings up 13 full years of my doing this blog (13 x 365 = 4,745, then add four February 29ths). As Clare (whose hands make a dynamic appearance to top right) is working on the day itself, tomorrow, we did my local birthday celebrations 24 hours early. Only one candle, but I’m sure most of us are well past the point in life where any more than this is either ostentatious or just depressing. Anyway… more age-related introspection tomorrow, no doubt.

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Aug 25 2024
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Art and architecture, Daily Post

Mining memorial (slightly creepy)

Saturday 24th August 2024, 1.00pm (day 4,748)

Mining memorial, 24/8/24

The town of Doncaster has never seemed all that exciting a place to me, but it does have some decent public art: see this mural, for instance, which I pictured on a previous visit and nearly did again, today. Then there is this memorial, which is obviously for some aspect of the coal mining industry (the main statue is clearly a miner, and there are names of collieries on plaques around the base), is impressive, but, I think, also slightly creepy — there’s a ‘buried alive’ thing going on. Although maybe that’s exactly the point.

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Aug 24 2024
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Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger

Outside the bus station

Friday 23rd August 2024, 4.40pm (day 4,747)

Burnley bus station, 23/8/24

With a storm bringing down a number of trees across the north of England, I was obliged to sit on buses for some time today, instead of getting the train. But never mind. This is one of those shots that I like just because of the way the light has fallen, particularly on her face. The little signs dotted around the place — well, those are just the visual litter of the modern world.

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Aug 22 2024
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Portrait, Stranger

Fresh food for sale…

Thursday 22nd August 2024, 11.45am (day 4,746)

Market stall, 22/8/24

The Thursday market is the place to come in Hebden Bridge for fish, vegetables, food of all kinds, and I certainly indulged today. Was it warm? No — autumn is in the post, I feel, but that’s why we stock up with food at this time of year.

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Aug 22 2024
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Daily Post, Portrait

The Pixies

Wednesday 21st August 2024, 9.10pm (day 4,745)

The Pixies, 21/8/24

My 2023 Christmas present off Clare — the ticket for this gig — finally pays off. I guess you either know this band or you don’t: most likely it will be the track “Where Is My Mind” that rings bells, particularly if you’ve seen Fight Club. Having thought they were firmly on the “disbanded band” list, it turns out they reformed in 2004 and have been happily touring and releasing albums for the last 20 years without my noticing, but hey. Nice to finally make their live acquaintance. Here, the bassist seems to be consciously avoiding the limelight.

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Aug 21 2024
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Making an effort

Tuesday 20th August 2024, 8.40am (day 4,744)

Empty campus, 20/8/24

The title of this post can have multiple meanings today — for me, and, presumably, for him. Being on campus at all in August requires some kind of effort, but particularly at 8.40am: this is actually the earliest Manchester shot I have published in well over a year. But we were both there, and my day went well enough: I hope his did too.

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Aug 20 2024
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

The TV people are back

Monday 19th August 2024, 11.00am (day 4,743)

TV light by Albert

Following the success of Happy Valley and its evident impact on Hebden Bridge’s tourist trade/appeal to stag and hen parties the BBC have been persudaded to return, having taken over chunks of the town centre and at least two of its pubs over August. Although apparently, this time, HB might be pretending to be Todmorden. Whatever…

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Aug 18 2024
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Transport

The Sunday flotilla

Sunday 18th August 2024, 3.20pm (day 4,742)

This is now a standard sight on a Sunday in HB town centre. But I include it today more because of noticing the participant in the middle — one of those things you don’t see until uploading it to the laptop, later.

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Aug 18 2024
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Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger

In the clubhouse

Saturday 17th August 2024, 1.45pm (day 4,741)

Pocklington clubhouse, 17/8/24

Apparently this guy is a recently-retired player for Pocklington Town FC — my hosts for the day — and others think his moving on has seriousy degraded the team in question. All this is hearsay. I captured him and his dog in a nice enough way, anyway. Note also: the dartboard behind has no 25 ring. Why, I do not know.

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Aug 17 2024
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Daily Post, Friend, Portrait

A mask of smoke

Friday 16th August 2024, 6.35pm (day 4,740)

Smoke mask, 16/8/24

I used to smoke tobacco, but quit in 2008 (it remains the only one of my addictions which I can claim to have truly quit). Still, I couldn’t care less whether others still want to use the stuff, and it does sometimes look good. This is, of course, an optical illusion, but an effective one.

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