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Oct 24 2026
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Art and architecture, Daily Post

“Controlled demolition”

Friday 23rd October 2026, 9.25am (day 5,538)

Kenyon Hall scaffolding, 23/10/26

Any former students of the University of Manchester who may feel nostalgic for their digs in George Kenyon Hall of residence, wave it goodbye, because apparently it’s never emerging from beneath the scaffolding that has swathed it for some weeks now. Underneath, the building is apparently undergoing ‘controlled demolition’. Meanwhile, somewhere to the left, a big new hall of residence or two is being erected. It gives people something to do, I suppose. The shot is an abstract collage: this was about the day’s only burst of anything resembling sunlight.

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Oct 21 2026
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Dismal and dark

Tuesday 20th October 2026, 10.25am (day 5,535)

Campus drizzle, 20/10/26

This shot captures the drizzle but it doesn’t capture quite how dim and dismal it was at 10.25 this morning in Manchester. A thoroughly depressing day, and the clocks haven’t even gone back yet. Was work itself any better? Mmm, well, bits of it, I suppose. Mainly the bits done online, when I was somewhere else, at least in spirit.

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Oct 17 2026
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Landscape

Misty valley

Friday 16th October 2026, 8.15am (day 5,531)

Valley mist, 16/10/26

It’s that time of year where it can’t decide whether it’s warm or cold. Hence, this mist, which sort of springs from the boundary between the two states. The question of whether or not we should turn on the central heating is more of an economic than a climatic question, however.

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Sep 28 2026
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Rain on the roses

Sunday 27th September 2026, 4.10pm (day 5,512)

Rain and roses, 27/9/26

Any intimations of drought round here were washed away some time ago, and if there is to be any ‘Indian summer’ this year then it ain’t turned up yet. This Sunday was a day full of showers, including the one pictured here. But it’s probably good for the roses — as is sometimes said. (I assume this is a rose, though I’m hardly one of the world’s great botanists.)

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Sep 17 2026
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Landscape

The rain sweeps through

Thursday 17th September 2026, 4.25pm (day 5,502)

Back hone. And here was the weather: a dozen of these seemed to sweep through the valley today. What the hell, I had to go back to work.

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Jun 13 2026
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Rain on Cross Street

Friday 12th June 2026, 9.00am (day 5,405)

Cross Street, rain, 12/6/26

Even had I not mentioned the weather conditions in the title of the post, it wouldn’t have taken much effort to figure them out. Hauled myself into Manchester for the first time in a week to be encountered by this ongoing crap. All the umbrellas that are in evidence were just a reminder that I had forgotten to bring my own, so after the 2-mile walk to the office, I then smelt like a wet dog for most of the rest of the day.

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May 14 2026
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Art and architecture, Daily Post

Glad I packed an umbrella

Wednesday 13th May 2026, 4.40pm (day 5,375)

This collage, featuring the Graphene Institute on the left, indicates quite clearly why I and much of the rest of Manchester city centre got very wet about twenty minutes later. But, yes, I had packed an umbrella, fortunately.

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Apr 05 2026
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Daily Post, Transport

Fallen bicycles

Sunday 5th April 2026, 2.20pm (day 5,337)

Fallen cycles, 5/4/26

The legacy of Storm Dave. We will rebuild.

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Mar 25 2026
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

The blossom endures

Wednesday 25th March 2026, 11.55am (day 5,326)

Blossom and hail, 25/3/26

Typical behaviour for the British climate — balmy weather on Saturday, revolting wintry crap the following Wednesday. I have to wipe off a layer of hail each time I come inside today. The blossoms bear it stoically.

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Feb 21 2026
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Urban scene

The Friday market is damp

Friday 20th February 2026, 3.50pm (day 5,293)

Damp, and packing up early. So much of 2026 thus far has been dull and drizzly weather — nothing poor, not in West Yorkshire anyway: other places have had snow, or storms, but not us. We have just remained clamped under the same grey clouds for weeks now.

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