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Nov 04 2023
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna, Hebden Bridge

Tree and Chapel, evening

Thursday 2nd November 2023, 5.40pm (day 4,452)

Tree and Baptist Chapel, 2/11/23

This week has been one of those periods where keeping this blog going is as much an exercise in persistence as it is one of creativity. Despite all the countries that have been seen in the last 12.25 years (see the stats) it’s been seven months since I have left the UK (the last shot taken away from Blighty being this one of the Pyrenees on 5th April). But this will change in 2024, with fairly definite plans for trips to Canada, the US (including New York City) and at least one return to St Helena, via Namibia. So hang in there…. Meanwhile, here’s a shot of a local tree.

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Nov 02 2023
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Daily Post, Interior

Spinning machinery

Wednesday 1st November 2023, 2.20pm (day 4,451)

Spinning machinery, 1/11/23

November opens with a far more interesting day than October closed. A day off work was called for, with Clare’s company. This is taken in the Bradford Industrial Museum, which is free to entry, easy to reach from home and has been there all the 23 years we’ve lived there, only I’ve never been there before. Worth a visit though.

On this shot, the game is to spot the asymmetries that are not the fault of the photographer. As in the puzzles in magazines — how many can you see…? I have at least six that trouble me.

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Nov 02 2023
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Daily Post, Transport

Roadworks, ever more

Tuesday 31st October 2023, 11.15am (day 4,450)

Roadworks, 31/10/23

A terrifically dull situation, but that was my day for you, with much of the morning spent negotiating seemingly endless roadworks in order to run a relatively simple (but necessary) errand. And I did so in both directions too – this was on the way home. I was waiting at the latest red light, in case you want to report me to the traffic police.

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Oct 31 2023
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Daily Post, Interior

The Raven?

Monday 30th October 2023, 5.00pm (day 4,449)

The raven, 30/10/23

A dull and drizzly day, and I didn’t go anywhere, thus limited opportunities for photography. I did notice this creature sat in its cage above the bar, the sort of thing that’s probably sat there forever but never been seen. It’s not a raven, of course: it doesn’t even particularly look like one. But allow me the cheap and indirect Halloween reference.

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Oct 30 2023
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Daily Post, Landscape

On the Long Causeway

Sunday 29th October 2023, 1.35pm (day 4,448)

Long Causeway wind farm, 29/10/23

This statement will seem disagreeable to some but I actually quite like wind farms. The ones above the upper Calder Valley, as seen here from the Long Causeway road that links Hebden Bridge and Burnley across the moors, are not unattractive.

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Oct 29 2023
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Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger

The Ship Inn, Brighouse

Saturday 28th October 2023, 12.50pm (day 4,447)

The Ship Inn, Brighouse, 28/10/23

I wonder how many different public houses have appeared on here over the last 12 years. Quite a few I imagine. Free advertising: the Ship in Brighouse does very good BLT sandwiches for only £3.50. And thanks to its Halloween decorations, it gives good purple — a shade almost exactly matched by the woman’s coat, which I think is why I like this shot.

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Oct 28 2023
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Daily Post, Interior

After the movie

Friday 27th October 2023, 10.25pm (day 4,446)

Leaving the movie, 27/10/23

Clare’s birthday was yesterday but it passed without comment on here. We took each other out tonight though, including to the movies to see The Creator. Verdict? Well, it’s a damn fine-looking movie, that’s undeniable but a) it doesn’t always make a great deal of sense and b) in true Hollywood style, it takes some complex philosophical and ethical issues and treats them as mere trivia. As I followed C up the aisle on the way out, and the other two guys went through the box of old posters, I was none the wiser as to the point of it all.

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Oct 27 2023
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Leaves on the wonky steps

Thursday 26th October 2023, 3.05pm (day 4,445)

Leaves on wonky steps, 26/10/23

Autumn has hit in Manchester too, of course. These steps are to be found on Princess Street, as one arrives in Manchester city centre on the walk back from work (my walk, anyway). I think of them as the wonky steps because they are, aren’t they? Why those slopes or mini-ramps are present I have no idea. Accessibility-wise they would only take, say, a pram or bike up to the first platform, with three-quarters of the steps left to go after that. Maybe the builders were just having a creative moment back in the 1970s.

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Oct 26 2023
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Landscape

Still working on the roof

Wednesday 25th October 2023, 9.15am (day 4,444)

Roofers and mist, 25/10/23

The roofers have been working on Nutclough Mill for weeks now. Months, even. But there are worse mornings to be up there.

Today is, as you may notice, day 4,444 — twelve years and two months, more or less. I did think about finding something 4-related to mark it, but this photo was always going to be today’s shot once it was taken. Nevertheless the number is worth noting, particularly as Stafford, last Thursday, was place number 444. Which if nothing else shows I am maintaining a steady diet of one new place every ten days.

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Oct 25 2023
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Danish guys hang out

Tuesday 24th October 2023, 4.30pm (day 4,443)

FC København fans, 24/10/23

In Manchester, at some point in most weeks in the autumn there will be an influx of visitors from some European place or other, because either United or City will be at home in the Champions League — or lately, if it’s United, some lesser competition, but they did make the CL this time round. Today it was the fans of FC København (or Copenhagen if you like). They seemed an agreeable enough bunch, but didn’t see a win: United took the game 1-0.

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