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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 26: Beverage

Last night’s pre-film pint. Contrary to what the glass says it’s Bohemian Northern Brown Ale brewed by The Durham Brewery.

Pint of brown ale in an Almasty Brewing Co glass sitting on a white table behind an open Kindle.
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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 25: Flare

A search of the archives brought up this photo of an artwork by Jean-Michel Othoniel from an exhibition at Centre Pompidou in 2018.

Two wall mounted rectangular objects made of glass blocks in various shades of blue with dispersed lights projected upwards from the top of them.
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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 24: Belt

Coiled brown leather belt with silver buckle on top of yellow wool quilt.
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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 23: A day in the life

Saturdays from September to April = hockey days. Slight anomaly today as playing in goal with all this clobber on (we won 2-1 btw).

Fully kitted up field hockey goalkeeper minus helmet which lies on the pitch before them.
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Pre-match nerves on another level today, making my annual cameo in goal 😬

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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 22: Road

Newcastle’s Grey Street looking splendiferous in the midday sun.

Curbed sweep of Georgian buildings bathed in midday sun either side of a paved road.
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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 21: Fall

Diamond shaped yellow roadsign in focus with a person going over the handlebars of a bike that has it's wheel caught in a railway track.

P.S. Forgot to say that this is another cheat day. This photo was taken back in 2011 on a visit to New Zealand.

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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 20: Disruption

The story of a cycle commute.

Yellow temporary road sign laying flat on the ground reading ‘Cycle Route Diversion’.
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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 19: Edge

Another one from the archives. We went over the edge at the Mirador de Abrante on La Gomera.

Glass viewing platform hanging over the edge of a cliff.
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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 18: Fabric

Digging into the archives today because the story’s so good. An internet friend sent me a bow tie, it arrived just in time for a wedding we were going to and was the perfect match for the dress Izzy had picked out to wear. That’s magic 🪄

Purple and gold 20s inspired dress hanging on a door with person holding up bow tie of similar colours but more abstract design to compare the fabrics.
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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 17: Intense

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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 16: Oof!

Hockey is back. We went on a 4 hour round trip and lost 5-0. Here are the post-match teas.

White china plate filled with a huge slice of pizza, half a garlic bread baguette and a mound of baked beans.
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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 15: Red

Closeup of rear bike light. Four vertical red bulbs with brightest at the top.
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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 14: Statue

Stone plinth with statue of a man positioned horizontally, appearing to levitate with his elbow the only point resting on the plinth.
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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 13: Glowing

My first cheat of the challenge — today’s photos were taken by my wife. It was a no brainer given there’s a hot shop where she works.

Metal furnace with door partially open and person holding a rod in the glowing heat.Molten glass on the end of a rod being worked on a metal counter top.

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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 12: Panic

Found a nice quiet spot to spend my lunch break… then turned around and saw the vampire rabbit was watching me 😱

Decorative white and pink doorway with black vampire rabbit gargoyle perched above a circular window.
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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 11: Retrospect

I adore Lucy Rie’s creations and picked up this catalogue of her work on a recent visit to the Centre of Ceramic Art in York.

Double spread of an open book featuring two photographs of ceramic vases made by Lucy Rie.
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I have two questions about ITV’s rugby World Cup coverage…

  1. Why have they set it up to look like a political debate?
  2. Why are they making the pundits wear suit jackets in this heat?
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📸 September 2023 photo challenge. Day 10: Cycle

Round here Sundays are for housework.

Dashboard of a washing machine. 30 degree cycle selected. 2:25 on the digital timer.
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I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed watching England play rugby. All change tonight - a George Ford masterclass and finally playing like a team 🙌 🌹🏉