Whoa! Parks have come on a bit since my day (jumpers for goalposts etc). Game on for a spot of footy when the weather improves. Icy underfoot in places this morning, alas.
Steady downpour not inhibiting the pyrotechnics hereabouts 🎇
Happy New Year! Let’s hope it’s a good one. 🤞
Pleasure to make use of gift of RSPB membership to visit Burton again after a while. Many changes for the better and great cake and coffee in the “new” cafe.
Misc views of an unfinished OpenSim build of New Brighton Baths. peoplespool.co.uk/pools-we-…
Reading a bio I was gifted reminded me I was quite a pretentious teen. Proximity to London saw me attend a Stockhausen concert and see Marcel Marceau, The Black Theatre of Prague and Claire Bloom in Streetcar, mostly in the company of one or more amiable (and more knowledgeable) females. Quite à la mode for the time.
Gentle perambulation this morning. Murky but anti-fog on specs did the biz. If it’s quiet I slow-jog this slope. It was, I did.
Slowly binge-watching The Bureau aka The Agency in its US incarnation. Decent telly but not overly addictive.
Met Office forecast for Wirral is for misty conditions to continue until 6pm Saturday. Oh, joy.
Early morning mist on hillsides overlooking the Dee.
Back to the Dee to walk off a little of our Christmas excess. Welsh shore obscured by fog bank which later enveloped us too. Good to get out though.
Enjoying the BBC Radio 3 Choral Christmas Mindful Mix. Very seasonal and relaxing. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/pl…
Looking towards Chester, the path snaking left then right with steps down to the beach. Plenty of birds in evidence. We decided to give Heswall Field a miss in case it was muddy and retraced our steps.
Enjoyed a stroll along the Dee estuary at Thurstaston. Delighted to find the cliff path to Tinker’s Dell restored. An unexpected Christmas present. 🎁

Different Trains

Reminded of the Different Trains performance I attended EIGHT YEARS AGO at historic (1836) Edge Hill Station. The composer, Steve Reich, made a brief appearance at the end. Bill Morrison’s specially compiled video, some of it partially degraded, added a lot to the overall effect, plus the passing of actual trains. Delighted to find video of the performance which gives some impression of what it was like being there. A little more background from Parr Street Studios on context and pre-recorded elements.
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Watched Operation Crossbow last night. An old movie but hoped to get some historical insights. The first part was OK with some decent SFX/VFX for the time but it then got a bit “human interest” and subsequently rather far-fetched so overall hard to recommend.🎥
Spectacular sunset on New Brighton promenade. Needless to say, this doesn’t really do it justice.
“Giraffes” working overtime. View from New Brighton.
Cemetery was busy this morning. Good folk of Wirral do an excellent job of paying their respects to their departed loved ones.
“It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank.” youtu.be/6s8lvnSmI…
Often get strangeness in AI images but this one particularly tickled my fancy.
Very satisfactory afternoon for a certain northern city ⚽