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Sep 08 2013
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Entwood

Sunday 8th September 2013, 2.40pm (day 745)

Entwood, 8/9/13

Sometimes there are places — like this — that are less than five minutes’ walk from your house, that you walk or drive all around most of the time, yet never actually set foot in from one year to the next. This little wood clings to the side of a very steep hill, the trees grasping on for dear life with these claw-like roots, and the image of them as Ents (the walking trees from Lord of the Rings) was made that little bit more believable by catching flare in the lens as purple light above.

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Aug 26 2013
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Daily Post, Landscape

The River Wharfe, at Wetherby

Sunday 25th August 2013, 1.10pm (day 731)

River Wharfe, 25/8/13

Still in Wetherby – the wedding celebrations lasted all weekend. The Wharfe is one of England’s most beautiful rivers from its spectacular course through the Yorkshire Dales, in Wharfedale, and right on down to here. Eventually, like most rivers in the region, it enters the North Sea through the Humber estuary.

You might also have noticed that it’s day 731. 731 = 366 + 365. Which means this brings to an end the second full year of this blog, one photograph posted every day since 26th August 2011. I did say at one point I would stop here, but I’m inclined to keep it all going for now. See you tomorrow. I will also add another top 10 at some point soon, of my favourite photos from the second year.

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Feb 16 2013
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Tree nursery, Torquay beach

Saturday 16th February 2013, 9.25am (day 541)

Tree nursery, 16/2/13

 

Having never actually been to Torquay, UK, I was today taken to its namesake south of Geelong, where a spectacular beach – just one of many such beaches in this country – fringes the Bass Strait. I like the way the light catches this forest of blue plastic triangles beside the walkway to the sands, part of a dune regeneration project.

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Jan 16 2013
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Daily Post, Landscape

Back to winter…

Wednesday 16th January 2013, 4.40pm [Dutch time] (day 510)

Winter at Schiphol, 16/1/13

….if only for another 8 days in my case. Taken at Schiphol airport, from out of the plane window, towards the end of that interminable taxi to the outer runway.

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Dec 27 2012
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Landscape

Hebden Water, late December morning

Thursday 27th December 2012, 10.35am (day 490)

Hebden Water, 27/12/12

An early post, but there won’t be any more photos taken today – felt ill this morning, went on a walk to try to blow it out, but it didn’t work so I’ve been in bed all afternoon. If I stay here tomorrow, that could be a photographic challenge. Anyway, this is the path down by the Hebden Water, as it comes into town at the bottom of Spring Grove.

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Oct 02 2012
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Cathedral grounds, Trondheim

Tuesday 2nd October 2012, 4.50pm (day 404)

Trondheim cathedral, 2/10/12

Trondheim is the third-largest city in Norway, founded in 997. At 63º25’N, it’s the northernmost place I have ever been, which explains why the autumn colours have arrived here rather earlier than at home. This is a good thing – the place looks stunning at the moment. These are the grounds of the Nidaros cathedral, built in 1070, the northernmost medieval cathedral in the world, and a very impressive monument.

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Sep 21 2012
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Daily Post, Urban scene

First day of autumn

Friday 21st September 2012, 3.00pm (day 393)

Baumann park, 21/9/12

Another beautiful day in Moscow to mark the Autumnal Equinox. As you can see, the trees are just starting to turn. I did get some great photos of the Moscow River again tonight – the Hotel Ukrainia lit orange by the setting sun –  but as I did that theme yesterday, here’s somewhere else. This is the Baumann Park, in the district of Krasniye Vorota.

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Sep 17 2012
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

Calrec Audio, entrance

Monday 17th September 2012, 9.25am (day 389)

Calrec trees, 17/9/12

Was determined to hide at home today, as it’s the day the students get back; and had, in fact, the perfect plan – to spend hours having the first session for my new tattoo. But that had to be cancelled because the tattooist was ill. So I had suddenly to get creative in various ways, including with the daily picture. This was my best effort – the entrance to the car park of the factory below our house (you’ve seen it before). I kinda like it because for once, the spurts of flare on the image can mostly be disguised.

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Sep 08 2012
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Daily Post, Landscape

Nutclough woods

Saturday 8th September 2012, 3.15pm (day 380)

Nutclough woods, 8/9/12

A thoroughly glorious day, and a weekend too. The whole town was out enjoying it today. Plenty of other candidate photos today but this one serves to encapsulate the atmosphere. Do we forgive it the summer just gone, the ‘wettest for 100 years’ apparently? Well… let’s not go that far yet. If it stays sunny until mid-October, say, we might do.

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Apr 29 2012
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The rain it raineth every day

Sunday 29th April 2012, 2.25pm (day 248)

More rain, 29/4/12

This was the view this afternoon through the skylight in my home office, at the top of the house. Enough of this bloody rain already. Really.

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