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I don’t know what this guy was looking at, but it wasn’t the shadow of the tip of the Shard. In the five days since the last similar shot, the gap had moved slightly south and west, according to the conveniently-placed rows of dots on the road. This was the photo that closed the loop,Continue reading “14th June 2021 13:00”

All those shots of the Sun through the tip can get a bit samey, and it’s good to have road markings rather than river to anchor the shadow’s gap to the map. By this time, nearly a year after starting this, the shadow was back on the same busy stretch of road where it started,Continue reading “9th June 2021 13:00”

A scorching summer day, a deep blue sky and a sweaty cycle down. The pressure had been high and temperature had been building all week. No chance of a stray cloud today, although the view was nearly blocked by a hanging basket of flowers.

Nearly a month later.. Despite an unpromising layer of grey, the cloud was thin enough that the Sun was clearly visible through the gloom and the Shard tip. This time it was on the eastern side of St Olaf’s car park, a good way east of its July sightings last year. I’d been a bitContinue reading “24th May 2021 13:00”

You’ll note the Sun is not visible through the tip of the Shard, from the south side of St Olaf House. And as I suspected on my chance passing on 17th April, the shadow had long left the river. This was taken at 12:56: No tip visible on the river, and no Sun visible throughContinue reading “26th April 2021 13:00”

This stands as a bit of a bonus shot. With lockdown partially lifted, and the brightness less matched by the coldness, we’d arranged to meet friends miles away on Clapham Common, and we cycled. And we were late. I’d never cycled this route before, down the no-cycle-lane Borough High Street towards the turbulent and dauntingContinue reading “17th April 2021 13:00”

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking 13. Well, 12:56 when I arrived, but 13 shortly afterwards. Annoyingly, despite it having been a cold clear night and yes, a bright cold morning, it clouded over as the day progressed. By the time I got into position the Sun wasContinue reading “16th April 2021 13:02”

It was a crazy week at work. But amidst the whirl of chaos, it was the first sunny midweek in a week, the forecast for the next few days was bleak, and I knew the crossover point was close. The crossover in the figure 8 looks, from the plot, to be about 11/12th April andContinue reading “8th April 2021 13:00”