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May 21 2023
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architecture, Daily Post

Beach huts (under the A55)

Saturday 20th May 2023, 11.40am (day 4,286)

Beach huts in A55, Penmaenmawr, 20/5/23

Penmaenmawr, on the coast of North Wales, must have been a notable holiday resort in the past. Apparently the Victorian Prime Minister, Gladstone, liked it so much he came for a stay year after year. Hard to imagine him (or Rishi Sunak) doing that now, however. The A55 trunk road came ploughing through in the 1980s, ripping apart town and beach, and based on my visit there today, Penmaenmawr has yet to recover, and probably will never do so.

Still, credit for a little initiative — these beach huts are embedded right into the wall that supports the road above, which must therefore have been built that way. So you could argue that they tried. It didn’t work, though. As a result, most likely this will be Penmaenmawr’s only ever appearance on this blog, but at least it is a colourful and sunny one.

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Aug 25 2022
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Daily Post, Landscape

The road to the beach

Wednesday 24th August 2022, 10.45am (day 4,017)

Cycling to beach, 24/8/22

Despite being in the centre of the Netherlands, Wageningen does officially have a beach, and this cyclist was on her way there; it’s on one of the arms of the Rhine. I paid it a brief visit, but just to check it out — I do stilll have some work to do.

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Jan 10 2022
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

Bride, by bridge

Sunday 9th January 2022, 11.45am (day 3,790)

Bride by bridge, 9/1/22

As seen at one end of the old bridge for which Hebden Bridge is named. I could leave this enigmatic image to stand alone, uncommented, but let me at least point out that this is a mannequin, not a real person.

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Oct 07 2020
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Daily Post, Transport

Bike rack, underused

Tuesday 6th October 2020, 2.10pm (day 3,330)

This idea of ‘underuse’ has been a recurring theme lately — but there are obvious reasons for that, and it is going to become even more the case now that uni have decided that, after all, they would rather not teach face-to-face, ‘at least’ until the end of October. Which is, conveniently, after everyone’s arrived and paid their rent. Don’t blame me — I oppose the decision, and rather vehemently too. But it seems this opinion is now in the minority.

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Nov 06 2017
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Daily Post, Transport

Gone to Liverpool (maybe)

Monday 6th November 2017, 11.15am (day 2,265)

Victoria bike, 6/11/17

Or Southport, or Bury, which are other towns named on the facade of Victoria station in Manchester and to where one can still catch a train…. unlike Fleetwood, Goole and other places where trains haven’t gone from here in a long time. Hope he/she locked their bike securely, wherever it was.

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Mar 30 2015
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Aquatic Park Pier, San Francisco

Sunday 29th March 2015, 10.35am (day 1,312)

Aquatic Park pier, 29/3/15

So here I am for a week in San Francisco, surely one of the world’s best and most recognisable cities. This is one of its more neglected corners, a crumbling pier that stretches out into the Bay to the north of the city centre, with the Golden Gate Bridge behind it — one of its piers is visible in the background. As  you can see, today I avoided the fog and chill for which the city is notorious. Plenty more to see yet, I hope.

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Mar 07 2015
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Transport

Cyclist in sun

Saturday 7th March 2015, 3.25pm (day 1,290)

Sun and cyclist, 7/3/15

I don’t expect this photo to win any awards and I could have done better with the light today on what was a beautiful spring day. But sometimes the opportunities just don’t arise. This’ll do — and it was still a lovely day.

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Feb 07 2015
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

Canal side

Saturday 7th February 2015, 11.35am (day 1,262)

Canal side, 7/2/15

After a cold and snowy few days in Norway, back home, to a less snowy but still cold Hebden Bridge. The bicycle hanging by the canal is a legacy of when it was much warmer, back in July, and the Tour de France came zipping by.

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Dec 27 2014
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

Beneath the ‘no fly tipping’ sign

Saturday 27th December 2014, 11.35am (day 1,220)

No fly tipping, 27/12/14

The sign posted to the lamppost says ‘no fly tipping’. It’s irony, isn’t it. That bike’s been there for a couple of weeks now I come to think of it. And yes, it snowed last night, if only lightly. But the run of not having been near any since 21/1/13 is broken.

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Sep 02 2014
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Transport

Platform 1, Hebden Bridge station

Tuesday 2nd September 2014, 8.40am (day 1,104)

Platform 1, 2/9/14

Sometimes the shot is just a consequence of being stood in the right spot at the right time, isn’t it? And you wait ages for a photogenic plastic bag to come along, then there’s two in two days…

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