After the rain

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A holiday-maker on Blackpool's central promenade looks at the clearing sky, from beneath an ornate shelter, after the rain has passed.

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"Love comforteth like sunshine after rain"
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English dramatist (from "Venus and Adonis")

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Rusted heart

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This rusty heart, with its surround of spikes is a detail of a sculpture on Blackpool's south promenade. It is by Chris Knight, and is called "Desire".

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"There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it."
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist

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Summer colours in spring

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The sea, the sky and the light on the shelter at Cleveleys, Lancashire, all say summer. However, the passing cyclist's yellow fleece jacket tells the truth: it's the end of April, and not as warm as it looks!

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"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race."
H. G. Wells (1866-1946), English novelist and writer

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Beach huts

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Small beach huts, for daily or weekly hire, like these at Fleetwood, Lancashire, are a feature of many UK seaside resorts. Their bright colours and promenade location make them popular with families.

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"Colour seems to radiate happiness and the spirit of modern life..."
Clarice Cliff (1899-1972), English ceramic artist

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Back to the future

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The new promenade at Cleveleys, Lancashire, manages to be both futuristic and retro (1930s-ish). Consequently, I thought this split-toning (sepia/blue) effect applied to a black and white conversion would be a suitable finish, suggesting the posters of the past and the brave new world to come.

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"You can never plan the future by the past"
Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Irish politician, philosopher and statesman

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Promenade shelter

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This new concrete promenade shelter at Cleveleys, Lancashire, has heated seating! Surely the whole point of a bracing walk along the prom is to blow away the cobwebs, exercise the body, and generate your own warmth!

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"To a person uninstructed in natural history, his country or seaside stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works of art, nine-tenths of which have their faces turned to the wall."
T. H. Huxley (1825-1895), British biologist

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