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The story of a man with a hammer, some nails and an old house to use them on…

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Damian Clarke
Nov 28

A backpack with a large box of ironmongery attached. What? Haven’t you seen ironmongery attached to a backpack before?

The race

There was no room to ride, because of the box on the backpack on my back

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Nov 27

Rubicon crossed

No, it’s not a dog breed.

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Nov 26

A wet hen — they really do look like an asterisk with a beak, on a stick. They also look angry and startled.

Why we won’t be having children for a while…

Natalie discretely studied a fallen leaf…

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Nov 20

Walking to work

At the last minute, I put my camera in my pocket…

I like walking in the cold and yesterday had it all — a morning that was all misty and romantic, giving way to a clear, freezing cold day with lots of sun. So I walked to work.

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Nov 20

A 2006 Google search result showing Our Albion as the top two entries in a search for “narcoleptic hen”.

How to be top of a Google search

I was №1 for “narcoleptic hen”

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Nov 13

Big bad Basil and her good egg

You could not, with a straight face, say that Basil is a small hen.

She is noticeably larger than Sybil in all dimensions. Her legs are particularly robust, and she is even a slightly different shape. In…

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Nov 12

Smoke. Just smoke. So much smoke.

We are the neighbours from hell

I turned back to the fire… hypnotised by the glowing embers.

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Nov 11

A two storey manor house, its facade dominated by mismatched chimneys and ivy, the rafters at one end exposed by bomb damage.

He’s back!

The fox has returned.

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Nov 9

An orange and grey fox sits on a wall in London, looking intently — even insolently — at the photographer.

Foxy

“Would you please wee in the garden.”

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Oct 31

A young girl in a witch costume, in a field, accompanied by a pumpkin, tends a cauldron made from an old flowerpot.

Horror House

The moonlight glistened on the white satin bustier she wore under her cloak

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