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14 entries, #27 to #40 · transcribed from the notebook
This is the year the weather starts turning up in the notes. I don't remember deciding to put it in. It just seemed to belong there, and once it were in I never took it out. 2012 earned it, mind — the wettest summer I can remember before or since. Page after page of rain, noted plainly, no complaint. Our Linda remembers that year for the washing never drying. I remember it for the towpaths. Fourteen shoes, which felt like a lot at the time. Wessenden twice, which tells you where I were spending my Saturdays. The biro gave out around September and the last few entries are in pencil, which has held up better than you'd think. Left and right recorded throughout by now — that had settled in the year before and I've never missed one since. Transcribed as written.
#27
14 January 2012 · Right trainer, white
Canal towpath below Lock 23E, Slaithwaite
Right trainer. White, gone grey. On the towpath edge below Lock 23E. Cold and dry. Photograph didn't come out.
#28
11 February 2012 · Left boot, black
Wessenden Reservoir path, above Marsden
Left boot. Black. By the first gate past the dam wall. Snow still lying on the tops. Laces frozen stiff.
#29
18 March 2012 · Right shoe, brown
Canal towpath, Milnsbridge
Right shoe. Brown, lace-up sort, both laces gone. On the towpath near the mill bridge. Mild for March. Took a photograph and it come out reasonable.
#30
22 April 2012 · Left trainer, blue
Deer Hill conduit path, Meltham
Left trainer. Blue. In the grass beside the conduit, Deer Hill side. Rained the whole way round. Wettest April I can remember. Photograph didn't come out.
#31
6 May 2012 · Child's shoe, right, black
Castle Hill, Almondbury
Child's shoe. Right. Black, buckle sort, no laces to note. On the steps up to the tower. Bright morning, wind sharp. Left it where it were.
#32
27 May 2012 · Right boot, tan
Layby on the B6107, between Meltham and Marsden
Right boot. Tan, steel toe by the look of it. In the layby on the B6107, verge side. Warm and dry for a change, and glad of it.
#33
17 June 2012 · Left plimsoll, black
Canal towpath by Sparth Reservoir, Marsden
Left plimsoll. Black, elastic sort. On the towpath wall by Sparth Reservoir. Rain on and off all morning, mostly on. Canal high. Photograph didn't come out.
#34
14 July 2012 · Right shoe, brown
Wessenden valley path, second reservoir
Right shoe. Brown, sole coming away at the heel, one lace. On a flat stone beside the path above the second reservoir. Back up Wessenden, twice now this year. Rained again. The path were running like a beck.
#35
5 August 2012 · Left trainer, white
St John's churchyard, Golcar
Left trainer. White, size eight or thereabouts, laces in and tied. Against the churchyard wall at St John's, Golcar. Dry for once, first proper dry Saturday since May. Photograph come out well.
#36
25 August 2012 · Right boot, black
Blackmoorfoot Reservoir, embankment path
Right boot. Black, well worn, no laces. On the embankment path at Blackmoorfoot, north end. Grey and blowy, rain by dinnertime. Reservoir fuller than I've ever seen it in August.
#37
16 September 2012 · Left shoe, black
Canal towpath by Titanic Mill, Linthwaite
Left shoe. Black, smart sort, leather sole, laces tied. On the towpath below Titanic Mill, Linthwaite. Still morning, mist on the water till ten. Biro gave out halfway through the entry — finished in pencil.
#38
13 October 2012 · Right boot, brown
Track above Honley Woods
Right boot. Brown, mud to the ankle line, one lace missing. In the rut of the track above Honley Woods. First cold morning of the autumn, ground claggy from the summer. Took two photographs. Neither come out.
#39
10 November 2012 · Left boot, black
Layby on the A62, Manchester Road above Linthwaite
Left boot. Black, rigger sort, no laces to speak of. In the layby on the A62 above Linthwaite, up against the kerb stones. Fog on the tops all day, never lifted past the chimneys. Noted and left.
#40
8 December 2012 · Right trainer, grey
Canal towpath below Lock 24E, Slaithwaite
Right trainer. Grey, laces in, frost on the toe. On the lock beam side of the towpath below 24E, Slaithwaite. Hard frost, first of the winter, a crackin' clear morning after all that rain. Fourteen this year. Photograph come out.