Saturday 29th March 2025, 2.20pm (day 4,965)
A hundred years ago the town of Burnley had 103,000 people in it; these days it has about 78,000, so around a quarter fewer. They still seem pretty closely packed in, though.
Rooves of Burnley
Being 42
Life, one day at a time
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End of the week
Friday 28th March 2025, 4.15pm (day 4,964)
The week ends where quite a few of them do. Neither Steve nor Dex look particularly enthused by the prospect, but the weekend remains young.
Watching on the bridge
Thursday 27th March 2025, 3.45pm (day 4,963)
He is watching something. The eye in the sky is below him and can’t watch him from there, but I capture him with a long zoom. Everyone is watching someone else.
In Matilda’s spot
Wednesday 26th March 2025, 1.05pm (day 4,962)
Matilda the cat still holds the record for the most appearances on here by an animal, having reached six before she passed on a couple of years ago. This courtyard, which I pass through on one of my two routes from home to town, was her spot: all of her portraits were taken here. Well, she seems to have a replacement. Certainly there were demands today for some kind of acknowledgement.
Among the books
Tuesday 25th March 2025, 10.15am (day 4,961)
A place I can still find reason to frequent now and again. There were a few students seen to be doing the same (none of mine, though…).
Canada goose
Monday 24th March 2025, 10.20am (day 4,960)
The bird theme continues: this is the fourth in a week. A well-lit moment presented itself, and I took it. The local Canada geese were very noisy this morning — a symphony of honking, which I attributed to the fact that it’s surely gosling-making season around now.
Watching the match (2)
Sunday 23rd March 2025, 12 noon (day 4,959)
The theme continues into Sunday morning, but this time with more action. Also with less regard for clashes of kit or the integrity of the pitch boundaries. The result was the same though: 1-0, this time to the blacks, if you can tell the difference. But it mattered to them.
Watching the match (1)
Saturday 22nd March 2025, 4.30pm (day 4,958)
A double-bill to fill out the weekend, because I saw a lot of football, and not much else. This one is taken about half an hour before kick-off at the second match of the weekend, at Rhyl FC, where the Wales Under-19 team were playing Portugal in front of quite a big crowd, at least for the size of the ground. (A seagull crashes the shot for the second day in a row.) They were to see defeat, however: Portugal won 1-0.
Scouse seagull
Friday 21st March 2025, 2.55pm (day 4,957)
“Who you calling a Liver Bird? I ain’t no Liver Bird. Call me that again and I will eat your chips.”
Trixie does her close-ups
Thursday 20th March 2025, 3.20pm (day 4,956)
Fellow pack member Trixie gets her close ups done, and as a result becomes the latest animal to make a confirmed second appearance on the blog (her debut was on 3/4/24). I think between us we just about got the focus right.
Being 42 