Tuesday 1 July 2014

City Daily Photo Theme Day: Celebrating Summer


Celebrating Summer is the City Daily Photo Theme this month (easy for us in the northern hemisphere but less so for the many City Daily Photo bloggers in the southern hemisphere or tropics ;-> I'm intrigued to see how they'll deal with this...).

For me summer in Greater Manchester is all about walks in the countryside, family time and reading in the garden, long light evenings sitting outside bars, and taking summer holidays to destinations near and far. But midweek when I am in the city, like so many others, I cannot resist the urge to sit outside and make the most of the sunshine we do get. 

This is a typical scene at The Lawns in Spinningfields. With so many bars to choose from, crowds gather here for after work drink and deckchair sessions. There is also the large outside screen which caters for many tastes, screening sporting events and classic films. Best of all, this July will see open-air Shakespeare take place here, with Macbeth and the Comedy of Errors.



17 comments:

  1. This is a very good description of Summer.

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  2. Sounds to me like a great way to enjoy summer.

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  3. Fab summer shot Chrissy, I know you guys have to take advantage of every bit of sun you get :)

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  4. I LOVE this!
    What a great choice for the Theme Day Image!

    Enjoy SUMMER!

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  5. Perfect choice for the theme!

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  6. I plan to do just this today... lounge in the sun.

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  7. A wonderful place to enjoy the summer weather! All cities should have something like this.

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  8. Great shot and super take on what summer is all about for many of us.

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  9. Looks perfect for a summer afternoon.

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  10. Outdoor gathering like this are so much fun in the summer. Those sling chairs interest me. They are rather uncommon here at the moment. Most people seem to use folding metal chairs with colored canvas seats, like a folding version of those old director's chairs.

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    1. A modern version of UK 1950's stripey deck chairs Jack.

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  11. That's an excellent description of summer. We don't have anything like that here - maybe I should try to get this custom started!

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  12. It looks like great weather to be sitting out in.

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  13. Perfect way to celebrate summer!

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