Solstice
It’s the ’shortest day’ today, the winter solstice. Usually on 21 December, sometimes on 22 December, as this year. This is perhaps why I woke up at 5am, and am now sitting at my computer at 8am. … More …
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Easter Sunday, 2006
16 April 2006
Hurrah, it’s spring. Here are some daffodils on the bar walls, on Queen Street near the station, photographed during a long and winding wander through York.
I always expect public holidays to have really disappointing … More …
Christmas Day, 2005
25 December 2005
I normally hibernate as much as possible through winter – which is probably why I’m only just adding this festive page in April. But I’m glad we went for a little wander into … More …
Remembrance Sunday, 2005
13 November 2005
Service
of remembrance, in the Memorial Gardens, York, Sunday 13 November 2005.
I’ve
not joined the Remembrance Sunday commemorations in the city centre before.
Like … More …
November 5th, 2005
November 2005
There hasn’t been a free council-arranged Bonfire Night firework display for years. This page records the city’s display in 2005. Certainly memorable – but mainly because of the stampeding confusion of people trying to find it.
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Summer solstice, 2005
21 June 2005
This
year I went for a walk into York on the evening of the longest day, and took my camera with me, to mark the summer solstice with some photos of … More …
Winter solstice, 2004
21 December 2004
The
shortest day – 21 December 2004. According to my
research, the solstice occurred at 12.41 precisely. I arranged my walk so that I was … More …