Day 50 Tuesday February 23rd
inner south 8 minutes The Drive Moor Crescent Great North Road Grandstand Road Wind sound is tossed and shredded by the gusts the skylarks sings above the gale Jackdaws stay low dogwalkers wrapped against the weather
Day 51 Wednesday February 24th
inner northeast 15 minutes The Poplars Roseworth Avenue The Grove Yonder Cottage Fencing contains the laurel bush gloom The bursting twisted tracery of tree bark A dog sniffs the gate post Cyclist chat within the pulse of traffic
Day 52 Thursday February 25th
outer west 7 minutes The Drive Westfield Drive Oakfield Road In an old stone wall a hole for a nest-hunting blue tit A jackdaw rides the arc of the wind
Day 53 Friday February 26th
outer southwest 6 minutes The Drive Moor Place woodlands Oaklands Avenue Oaklands Grandstand Road Town Moor A skylark murmers reluctant to sing in February sunshine Flows of people crisscross the moor Jackdaw and common gull stand as crows lumber into the wind
Day 54 Saturday February 27th
inner west 13 minutes The Poplars High Street Graham Park Road A heraldic turn atop gateposts lions hold shields A once gateway bricked back into a wall In a Range Rover white hair uncombed eyes staring A woodpecker drums on a chimney a thrush limbers up for spring
Day 55 Sunday February 28th
outer northeast 11 minutes The Poplars Roseworth Avenue The Grove Moor Road North St Nicholas Avenue Rectory Grove Church Road Church Lane Sparrow chatter across small front gardens behind low walls Cars parked on the south side of the lane a lone walker passes by Lost mortar below roof tiles a sparrow flies to the hole
Day 56 Monday March 1st
outer southeast 8 minutes The Drive High Street Little Moor Highbury Brentwood Avenue Fairfield Road The dawn-lit moon hangs in the cold of the frosted dawn Motorway sound is unrelenting Sparrows chat and robin sings inside the traffic’s seething