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No sun–no moon!
\nNo morn–no noon!
\nNo dawn–no dusk–no proper time of day–
\nNo sky–no earthly view–
\nNo distance looking blue–
\nNo road–no street–no “t’other side this way”–
\nNo end to any Row–
\nNo indications where the Crescents go–
\nNo top to any steeple–
\nNo recognitions of familiar people–
\nNo courtesies for showing \u2019em–
\nNo knowing \u2019em!
\nNo travelling at all–no locomotion–
\nNo inkling of the way–no notion–
\n“No go” by land or ocean–
\nNo mail–no post–
\nNo news from any foreign coast–
\nNo Park, no Ring, no afternoon gentility–
\nNo company–no nobility–
\nNo warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
\nNo comfortable feel in any member–
\nNo shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
\nNo fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds–
\nNovember!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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That poem by Thomas Hood (1799\u20131845) pins down some of the reasons why I’m usually glad to see the back of this month. The weather this weekend has been the kind of cold and mist for which the word \u201cdreary\u201d might have been specially created. A thin smear of mist, quite unworthy of photographic effort. Three years ago, another November afternoon spent walking along the South Manchester stretch of the River Mersey yielded these fog-drenched views.<\/p>\n

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