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Jul 03 2025
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

Working on the roof

Wednesday 2nd July 2025, 2.30pm (day 5,060)

Attending to the roof does seem to be his primary task, going on the strip of felt that is either not yet attached to the front, or is partway through being removed. It’s a fairly low-power way to house oneself, I imagine — and maybe in a few years time, once AI eats 95% of all electricity generated, anywhere, many more of us will be having to engage with it. (Note: not one pixel nor letter of this or any other of my blogs has been generated by AI, nor ever will be.)

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Jul 02 2025
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Daily Post, Interior

Clare has another go

Tuesday 1st July 2025, 7.20pm (day 5,059)

Futile diary, 1/7/25

Many such items have appeared in our house down the years and I don’t deny I have my equivalents, but this latest one of Clare’s is particularly honest about whether there is any point to it all. The organising I mean, not life itself.

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Jun 29 2025
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Fulfilling its bee-ing

Sunday 29th June 2025, 1.40pm (day 5,057)

Bumblebee, 28/6/25

Must have had at least a dozen attempts at capturing this example of insectile wiggliness. Don’t know why we call them ‘bumblebees’ though — they don’t seem to bumble to me, they are very systematic. Just this much time at each flower. Which is why, once I finally got the rhythm of it, I got the shot.

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Jun 29 2025
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Daily Post, Transport

The (orange) Trent and Mersey Canal

Saturday 28th June 2025, 1.40pm (day 5,056)

Orange canal, 28/6/25

The picture was taken mainly because of the bright orange water of the Trent and Mersey Canal at this point (Kidsgrove, on the Staffordshire/Cheshire border). Such things are not usually a good sign. The mystery of why this colour is there was not solved until just a short while ago, as I prepared to post this by looking up some information about the Harecastle Tunnel, the north entrance of which is just visible in the background, to the left of the guys on the towpath. There is an old version of this tunnel running parallel to it that has been closed for over a century now, and apparently, leaches iron ore into the water. So it’s always orange — this is not some recent chemical spill. I don’t imagine drinking the water does anyone much good. Unless they’re anaemic I suppose.

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Jun 28 2025
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Daily Post, Friend, Portrait

Back of the pub — 2,000th Hebden Bridge shot

Friday 27th June 2025, 5.55pm (day 5,055)

Johnny and Mary, 27/6/25

I knew in advance that today’s shot would be taken at home in Hebden Bridge, meaning it would become the 2,000th HB shot to feature on here. Knowing also that not a great deal was going to happen on the day I thought I might as well make #HB2000 as typical as possible. Hi to Johnny and Mary therefore, who I see often enough in this spot, particularly in the summer. (In the winter we would be twenty yards to the right, and inside….)

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Jun 27 2025
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Daily Post, Friend, Portrait

Keela’s rig

Thursday 26th June 2025, 11.00am (day 5,054)

Keela and VR rig, 26/6/25

It’s nice when my students can still impress me, and, currently, Keela’s dissertation project is certainly doing that — although I can’t tell you what it is, not for any sinister reasons but just because it’s not finished yet and not my business to tell you. But, yes, it involves virtual reality, she doesn’t wear a rig on a regular basis. I do not believe my office noticeboard has featured before so there you go, a chance to check out the randomly accumulated display of items upon it for the first, and who knows, perhaps the last time.

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Jun 26 2025
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Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger

Installation, up a pole

Wednesday 25th June 2025, 3.00pm (day 5,053)

Man up pole, 25/6/25

These curious new black boxes have appeared on most of the telegraph poles round here, perhaps they are installations for the great system of surveillance that has doubtless, by now, permeated every aspect of our lives. Though I suppose I do offer up plenty of information about my whereabouts on a voluntary basis. I doubt I would be happy spending my working life fifteen feet up in the air but presumably he’s used to it.

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Jun 25 2025
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Duck pose

Tuesday 24th June 2025, 3.50pm (day 5,052)

Duck, 24/6/25

“OK, are you ready? I want you to get my best side…. THAT’S the one. Send me a copy….”

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Jun 25 2025
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Daily Post, Interior

Trying to work

Monday 23rd June 2025, 11.50am (day 5,051)

Work things, 23/6/25

I seem unable to get outside much at the moment — this is the fifth interior in a row and the 11th in the last 13 days. But I do have some work to do. For now, at least. Note: Drew is not a student midwife. The journey that mug has made in order to now reside at our place has been a saga in itself, in fact.

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Jun 23 2025
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Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger

Cards on a Sunday afternoon

Sunday 22nd June 2025, 4.10pm (day 5,050)

Cards in the Railway, 22/6/25

I have had one of those weekends where I did virtually nothing but still reached the end feeling no more refreshed than I was on Friday afternoon. The Handmade Parade, in all its colour and movement, had been taking place earlier in the day but I do not feel I got a representative picture of it — the day was much more as seen here, kind of soft-focus and dim. The recent run of interiors therefore continues.

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