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The Halle played "Spanish Pops" at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall on Saturday evening. I couldn't find a clip of them playing one of my favourite pieces of music, so the link below is of another orchestra.

BITH'S JUKEBOX #205
JOAQUIN RODRIGO "CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ PT.2"
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Rodrigo "Concierto de Aranjuez Pt.2"</

A typical rural Cheshire winter landscape. The sun is low in the sky even in mid-morning, just a little brightness showing through the cloud cover. Farmland stretches into the distance, each field boundary marked by hedges or fencing, dotted with individual mature trees, often oak.

(This is the second of a weekly series of flashback photos. I apologise in advance for the inevitable poor quality. This one is scanned from a rather faded 35mm slide).

I love Ireland and the friendly Irish people, especially their ability to laugh at themselves when needs be. The people we were with certainly thought this head-to-head between two school buses on a single-track road somewhere in the west of Eire in 1983 was hilarious.

For Anne, Tom and their new arrival into the world, named "Tieme". Congratulations!

BITH'S JUKEBOX #204
NICK CAVE "INTO MY ARMS"
Nick Cave "Into My Arms"</

Anne is our queen of dreamland www.flickr.com/photos/piptoo/sets/72157612017068706/

Just for fun, what is this?

Edit : Gary correctly identified this as a frosted Whelk shell.