A Grim North

Musings from a northerner living in the deep south…

Archive for September, 2012

daytime fox!

Posted by Alan on September 30, 2012



daytime fox!, originally uploaded by Alan Perryman.

This morning at Snaresbrook tube there was a fox scampering about. Didn’t seem all that fussed by the daylight or the people!

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Victoria Sunset

Posted by Alan on September 27, 2012



Victoria Sunset, originally uploaded by Alan Perryman.

lovely sunset at Victoria tonight.

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Crap Cycle Paths in Rochdale – An update!

Posted by Alan on September 21, 2012

Access still denied - NCN 92 is closed

Access still denied

Was it really over a year ago that I took a very similar photo? Yes it was… way back in May 2011 I wrote about closures on NCN 92, one of Rochdale’s own answer to The Netherlands.

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Slagroom

Posted by Alan on September 19, 2012



Slagroom, originally uploaded by Alan Perryman.

…is the Dutch word for cream. That is all.

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Mind the gap

Posted by Alan on September 11, 2012



Mind the gap, originally uploaded by Alan Perryman.

Am loving the Rio signs at Stratford station!

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Hovercraft

Posted by Alan on September 7, 2012



Hovercraft, originally uploaded by Alan Perryman.

Just in case you missed it earlier… today I finally managed to take a ride on a Hovercraft.

Great fun – it felt like such an effortless machine gliding across the water onto the shore. Guess they must be *really* expensive of we’d have more of them!

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