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Canal, early morning
Tuesday 24th April 2012, 6.40am This is one of those photos that I could take almost any morning that I walk to the station, as this view just presents itself to anyone walking over the bridge that...
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Mayroyd Moorings, Rochdale Canal
Wednesday 22nd January 2014, 8.20am (day 881) A reasonable proportion of the population of Hebden Bridge live on the water, specifically, the Rochdale Canal. These private moorings spread along the...
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Working the lock
Wednesday 27th August 2014, 12.05pm (day 1,098) An uneventful day, but at least the canal in Hebden Bridge usually comes up with some kind of animated scene, particularly at the moment when the summer...
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Canal life, April evening
Wednesday 26th April 2017, 6.50pm (day 2,071) A number of Hebden Bridge’s residents live on canal barges like these and I have sometimes wondered what it would be like to do so on a permanent basis....
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Ducks and barges
Tuesday 11th December 2018, 2.40pm (day 2,665) The first four-in-a-row for Hebden Bridge since June — the 14th to the 17th June, in fact. Yes, I record these things. I did get a bit further away from...
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On the canal
Friday 24th May 2019, 10.05am (day 2,829) One of those highly uneventful days when even everyday scenes are hard to come by. Still, the sun shone, and on such a day, drifting along the canal has a...
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Canal Street lock, Manchester
Monday 24th June 2019, 9.05am (day 2,860) It’s nice to be reminded that the canal that runs through the very centre of Manchester still operates properly, a couple of hundred years after it was first...
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Rain shower at the marina
Friday 18th October 2019, 3.00pm (day 2,976) Yes, I would rather the box was not there. But one can’t have everything. Otherwise this rain/sun combination did catch my eye as I came home early from...
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The Canal Street lock
Friday 30th April 2021, 9.20am (day 3,536) It’s always nice to see Canal Street, in the centre of Manchester, actively live up to its name. Lock open, rather than lockdown. Perhaps I could have stood...
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Canal Street lock
Monday 9th May 2022, 8.55am (day 3,910) Hardly a great photo technically, and converted to black and white as much to conceal deficiencies as any other reason. But it does suggest that when there is a...
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Rochdale Canal, at Callis Wood
Friday 16th December 2022, 2.10pm (day 4,131) I got out of the house, though as you can see, it isn’t getting any warmer. Winter 21-22 was nothing to speak of in the UK, but the 22-23 version has some...
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This year’s offspring
Friday 12th May 2023, 4.05pm (day 4,278) The annual outcrop of Canada goslings is usually good for a pic, and so it proves again in 2023. This was one of a family of four — six if you count the...
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King Edward’s Wharf, Birmingham
Sunday 22nd October 2023, 10.45am (day 4,441) It is said that Birmingham has more canals than Venice, and it’s a believable stat once you start walking around the place.
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