Devizes (Thursday 4th July 2024)

This was taken from a footpath that begins at Coate Bridge and comes out at the Hour Glass pub. It runs beside the Kennet and Avon, stopping short of Devizes Marina, which is sadly not open to the public.
I had a few errands to run, obviously including a visit to a Polling Station.
For the first time in my life, thanks to the boundary changes, I am in a marginal seat, so my tactical vote to oust the incumbent might actually do some good! We really need to end this first-past-the-post system whereby almost nobody gets to vote for the party they prefer, because only votes for the leading party and its nearest rival can count for anything. Democratically speaking, this is not ideal.

L.
Wednesday 3.7.2024 (1913 hr)

Blip #4116 (#3866 + 250 archived blips taken 27.8.1960-18.3.2010)
Consecutive Blip #004
Blips/Extras In 2024 #100/266 + #043/100 Extras
Day #5213 (1291 gaps from 26.3.2010)
Lozarithm's Lozarhythm Of The Day #3255 (#3095 + 160 in archived blips)

Taken with Nikon Coolpix P900 (24-2000mm equivalent bridge camera)

Devizes series
Canals series
Kennet and Avon Canal series
Landscape series

Lozarithm's Lozarhythm Of The Day:
The Factory - Try A Little Sunshine (1969)
As I wade through magazine backnumbers I have reached the Mojo edition of November 2018 and an article about psychedelia 50 years earlier with reference to the Pretty Things concept album S F Sorrow and a new compilation called Try A Little Sunshine (on Grapefruit). The writer had tried to licence the title track by the Factory for a previous cover CD but couldn't, and continued its presence here to be alone worth the price of entry. It was written and sung by studio engineer John Pantry, with the band providing "deliciously unhinged backing, all fuzz guitars and tumbling drums...a practically perfect 45, its blustery excitement similar to Small Faces' unmatched Tin Soldier. It sold nothing. Cue vast prices in today's market."
The guitarist was a 17-year old Ian Oare who after the Factory seems to have been lost to the music industry.

One year ago:
The Return Of Mrs T.