Scenes of a Town Awakening at Daybreak ; It Was Very Dickensian. Street Lamps Gleamed On the Asphalt and Bare Trees Were Printed On a Starry Sky.

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It was very Dickensian. Street lamps gleamed on the asphalt and bare trees were printed on a starry sky.

Out and about in Paignton just before dawn I heard a blackbird singing its muted aria from the top of a wall close to one of the lamps. I've been listening to that lovely sound since late January.

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Scenes of a Town Awakening at Daybreak ; It Was Very Dickensian. Street Lamps Gleamed On the Asphalt and Bare Trees Were Printed On a Starry Sky.

Enjoying the best of the new day I almost had a bounce in my step. One or two cars passed, then the darkness became quiet again. An empty lager can stood on a doorstep w...

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