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Okay, that subject line isn't quite accurate, as I'm posting now, but you know what I mean. Photos will resume tomorrow. Now it's time for bed! :P 

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248/365: My Little Pony Chinese trading cards
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249/365: Wyre Forest Books, Bewdley
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Worcestershire are supporting a scheme this month whereby all single bus fares on journeys entirely within the county are capped at £1 at weekends – which mostly means Saturdays, since Sunday services in Worcs are non-existent in many places, like here. Still, since the usual cap is £3, this is quite appealing! I'm planning to go on a bus tomorrow, so I'll find out then whether this scheme actually works in practice!

Two photos again today. The first is my final UK PonyCon pic, though actually we were all standing around outside the Pret in New Street Station for our farewell coffee meet! Not enough seats for the number of people who turned up, you see... these are a few packs of the very popular Chiness MLP trading cards that are suddenly everywhere in the fandom. The second is Wyre Forest Books, the very friendly indy bookshop in Bewdley. Of course it's not as cheap as Amazon, but I do try to support it when I can.

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244/365: Empty outdoor tables, Bewdley
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245/365: Acid Applejack's set at UK PonyCon
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I had an ordinary sort of a day today, and the most interesting thing I did was probably to go to Aldi. Yes, my life is fascinating, I know. As I usually do, I did have a quick squizz down the centre aisle to see what weird items they had this time, but sadly about the most interesting thing was a big clock. Poor show, Aldi: you need to have something in that centre aisle that I can't work out why anybody would ever want! I did overhear someone say they were going out for an Indian¹ after shopping, which was slightly strange to hear at eleven o'clock in the morning! At least by then it had stopped drizzling, something which didn't make the early morning especially fun.
¹ I read the other day that this sounds odd to American ears, so: it's completely standard here. Everyone says it. An Indian, a Chinese, an Italian, a full English, you name it, that's what we say. It would actually sound considerably less normal to say "I'm going out for Indian food".

As trailed here last time, I'm posting two photos a day from now until I catch up again. The one for 2nd October is fairly boring: empty tables by the river in Bewdley, a sign that the outdoor season is coming to an end. The one for 3rd October is more unusual. This was the Jungle Jam, a Friday evening music event at UK PonyCon before the convention proper began the following morning. I believe it's Acid Applejack on stage at this point. I enjoyed this event greatly and stayed for about three hours to listen to Bexi's cheesy stuff (Macarena, 5-6-7-8, etc) and Acid Applejack as mentioned, and finally an excellent set from StormBlaze. This was the first year UKPC had boasted Friday night music, and I'd love to see it kept in 2026.

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243/365: On the towpath, Kidderminster
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This morning's post was very heavy, so let's shift gears back to light stuff now. I intend and hope that there'll be a run of lighter posts now before I go back to anything too much more serious. Today, more reflections! A bit less in the way of sunshine this time, though... this is part of the Staffs & Worcs Canal in Kidderminster, very close to the town centre in fact. Tesco is under five minutes' walk from here. I quite like walking along the towpath sometimes, as long as it's not too muddy. There was an irritating diversion a bit further on owing to some work being done on a large canalside building, but that couldn't be avoided. I went to Sainsbury's instead of Tesco, but that's near the same canal so it didn't make much odds!

One final point in case I forget tomorrow: for a few days now (I'm not sure exactly how many) I won't be posting any 365 photos on here as I'll be spending much of my time at UK PonyCon and simply won't have the time. I'll keep taking a photo each day, and I'll upload them in batches when I'm back and have the time.

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242/365: Sunny Severn, Bewdley
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I try not to repeat myself too much, but when you have a river right there it's hard to resist sometimes. So I know this isn't the first time I've posted a photo of the River Severn in Bewdley, but that's what you're getting again tonight! The effects of the Wribbenhall flood scheme (now finally nearing completion) are very obvious on the opposite bank. Also, I like reflections and clouds, and here you get both! :D