Day 8 Tuesday January 12th
east inner duration 2 minutes High Street Moorfield Jesmond Dene Road Beatty Avenue Cromer Gardens Stand by bushes of house sparrows I stand still five slowly edge up the bush to sit in the sunshine
Day 9 Wednesday January 13th
southwest outer duration 7 minutes The Drive Moor Place Woodlands Oaklands Avenue Oaklands Grandstand Road High Street Moor Crescent The Drive A flock of 20 Golden Plovers fly looping circling I lose them as they fly over my head
Day 10 Thursday January 14th
north inner duration 2 minutes High Street In the car park two cars sit with their engines running I carry on into the park Stand under my umbrella a light sleet falling Blackbirds chase around on the far side of the grass
Day 11 Friday January 15th
east inner duration 11 minutes The Poplars Roseworth Avenue The Grove Stoneyhurst Road West Stoneyhurst Road The Quarry Park Above the traffic noise of Matthew Bank two women watch their children play A man limps slowly by perhaps anticipating icy steps to come Blackbirds toss the leaf litter beneath the ash trees Small birds move through the trees and bushes on the other side of the park
Day 12 Saturday January 16th
southeast inner duration 7 minutes
The Drive east Moor Crescent the Little Moor Jesmond Dene Road
Highbury
A westie is scared of my hat and has to be dragged past by her
owner
At the end of the lane a couple unload pallets
from the boot of their car into the allotments
Treetop starlings call
Day 13 Sunday January 17th
west inner duration 7 minutes The Poplars Stand in a corner in front of a purple-doored garage Two cars appear to park along the alley Herring gulls cry
Day 14 Monday January 18th
north inner duration 16 minutes The Poplars High Street St Nicholas Avenue People come to the machine to pay for parking Roofers unload ladders and climb onto the roof one appears above the roofline standing on the flat roof of a loft extension Two runners go/come from the terraced houses behind me A flock of racing pigeons flies overhead
