Tag Archives: rain

Dec 27 2023
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Daily Post, Landscape

Driving through total crap for five hours

Wednesday 27th December 2023, 11.25am (day 4,507)

Crap drive home, 27/12/23

This is a totally crap picture, but it epitomises the day, entirely. The sunshine of Boxing Day was not sustained. We left Dundee at about 9am, I gritted my teeth and drove, and we staggered into Morecambe at about 2pm — an hour longer than it should have taken — battered by high winds, driving rain, surface water, low visibility, the lot. This is taken somewhere in the wilds of the Southern Uplands, in the indefinable watershed country between Tweeddale and Annandale, when I just had to pull over and stop for a few minutes. 

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Nov 20 2023
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Daily Post, Landscape

On Garth Hill

Sunday 19th November 2023, 11.45am (day 4,469)

Garth Hill chair

I did get better pictures today but none which epitomised the day quite so well. Garth Hill became County Top #2 of the weekend, but the weather on its summit was, to coin a phrase, utter shite. What this chair was doing up there I have no idea but perhaps it had just been blown there from someone’s garden half a mile away. For the full tale of woe see my other blog.

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Sep 24 2023
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

September shower

Friday 22nd September 2023, 4.30pm (day 4,411)

September shower, 22/9/23

The week has been a busy one but ends uneventfully. The weather was unconducive to a spell sat outside the pub, so the drinking was done indoors today. I believe this shot was captured through the window; a sensible approach under the circumstances.

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Sep 20 2023
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Daily Post, Interior

Welcome Week, in the rain

Tuesday 19th September 2023, 11.45am (day 4,408)

Marquee in rain, 19/9/23

It’s the first week of the semester, so the following things traditionally appear: lots more people (students); a collection of marquees with various AV equipment and heaters; and rain. It always seems to rain in Welcome week, year in, year out.

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Sep 02 2023
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Rain over London

Friday 1st September 2023, 7.00pm (day 4,390)

Rain over London, 1/9/23

As seen from the Walthamstow Travelodge, looking south. Yes, I’m in London again. I like London. There are things to do here.

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Aug 15 2023
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

More glorious summer

Monday 14th August 2023, 11.30am (day 4,372)

More crap weather, 14/8/23

The uneventfulness of today was largely determined by this crap. Really, what’s the point in facing it? It is forecast to improve, so I just got on with stuff indoors.

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Jul 16 2023
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Beauly Firth

Saturday 15th July 2023, 1.55pm (day 4,342)

Beauly Firth, 15/7/23

Let’s permit Scotland to offer up its combination of mountain and seascape one more time before we have to head home. The Beauly Firth is the far end of the Moray Firth; this shot is looking inland, to the Highlands beyond. And yes, somewhere over there it is raining.

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Jun 19 2023
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

Rain!

Saturday 17th June 2023, 12.55pm (day 4,314)

Rain on scaffold, 17/6/23

Normal rain too, that is, not a thunderstorm (although we did have one of those later in the evening). Can I be the first to come out with that hardy perennial phrase — ‘That’s the summer over’.

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May 12 2023
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Landscape

House view with clouds

Thursday 11th May 2023, 12.20pm (day 4,277)

Storm cloud view, 11/5/23

This summed up the weather today: some fine spells but the next bout of rain was never very far away. It also sums up the fact that I was at home and am going to remain here for much of the next eight weeks, so get used to photos of Hebden Bridge.

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Apr 30 2023
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Daily Post, Portrait, Sport, Stranger

The final moment

Saturday 29th April 2023, 4.50pm (day 4,265)

Ashington celebrations, 29/4/23

It’s all over. In the rain that came down for most of the second half, the players of Ashington celebrate with their travelling fans, having won the play-off match 3-0. They get promoted, while hosts Glossop North End are relegated. Number 12 feels the pain.

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