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27 May 2021

Picture of the day: Mary Janes, Cromer [2017]

Imagine the best fish and chips you’ve ever had. If it wasn’t from Mary Janes in Cromer, you’re wrong. I believe that there is an ancient gnostic scripture held in the cathedral in St Davids that says eating fish and chips from Mary Janes in Cromer is akin to 400 pilgrimages to Rome. I was…
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25 May 2021

Picture of the Day: Funicular, Lamport [2015]

Judging by the quantity of photos and films on the topic it seems that May is the traditional start of the Steam Rally season. I love going round steam rallys and looking at the old workhorses many fully restored and condemned to a life of display. Most of the time the motors are doing nothing…
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24 May 2021

Picture of the Day: Party Shed – Leamington Spa [2013]

Mrs Gnomepants likes her fairy lights and no garden is complete without a set. Today’s picture is of our shed in Leamington Spa festooned with fairy lights. Some items of note — 1. The plant pot stand with pie crust terracotta pots 2. The top of Keith’s caravan 3. The curtains in the shed window…
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18 May 2021

Picture of the Day: Up Above The Streets and Houses, Liverpool, 2006

One of the last days of ordinary life for me in Liverpool had me taking random photos of things around me. I’d also discovered after nearly five years of working there, that parking at the back of Syndey Jones Library worked out better than walking back across campus to my car behind Computing Services and…
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17 May 2021

Picture of the Day: Brave Girl, Arundel Castle [2008]

There are many things I won’t do like stick my fingers in the electric socket, swim with radioactive sharks, walk down Granby Street naked or jump off a bridge with nothing but knicker elastic around my ankle. Indeed, there are many foolish things I have done that I won’t ever do again like fall off…
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14 May 2021

Picture of the Day: Seaward, Aberdaron [2004]

For some reason the auto post for this entry didn’t trigger. Usually I’ll write entries days ahead during busy times and the WordPress scheduled post thing isn’t always reliable. Anyway, I’ll back date these next two posts…. Aberdaron, on the western coast of North Wales, is, as many long term readers will know, my favourite…
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13 May 2021

Picture of the Day: Sheffield’s Wheelie Good [2010]

Evidently in 2010 I was in Sheffield. Can’t think for the life of me why although I was living in nearby Barnsley so it is possible I was there for commuting purposes or for meeting friends. I’ve been to Sheffield many times in the past. I lived there in 1992, visited again in 1997. It…
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6 May 2021

Picture of the Day: Benchmark, Northampton Guildhall, Northampton [2017]

Many years ago, perhaps even around the 1980s, I noticed a curious little symbol on a gatepost near my school. As the internet hadn’t been invented, I had no option but to draw it and ask older people what it might be. Of course old people are not Google and the various responses I had…
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5 May 2021

Picture of the Day: Budget Kiss — Stilton, UK [2014]

May is that time of year in the UK when villages start to become alive. Hipsters gather their trailers and converted caravans to vend organic vegan fat-hen flavour ice cream shampoo and barbecue slow cooked artisian oven baked allergen free squid rings to shuffling Guardian reading zombies. While village community association members bicker about who…
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4 May 2021

Picture of the Day: Tunnel Vision, Catesby, Northamptonshire [2009]

Back in 2009, I got seriously into geocaching in a big way. It was niche, nerdy and didn’t really have much of a cost other than the travelling around. Perfect for a geek with no money and a car. Geocaching (see http://www.geocaching.com), if you didn’t know, is a worldwide game where containers or caches are…
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