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# Winter
- URL: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/winter/
- Published: 2026-03-15T17:29:45.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-15T17:29:45.000Z
- Description: A photo-essay about winter
- Author: Pete Carr
- Tags: #HelloComputer, HelloComputer, photography, photo-essay, winter, swimming, cold water dipping

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# Winter

In a few weeks the clocks will change, and while I enjoy being warm I will miss the calmness and beauty of winter.

![The moon sets directly over the top of a white lighthouse set against a pink sky on a beach.](https://pete.news/content/images/2026/03/New-Brighton-DSCF4959_Pete-Carr.jpg)

New Brighton lighthouse at dawn

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![A hazy sunrise over a calm river Mersey with the city of Liverpool in the distance.](https://pete.news/content/images/2026/03/Swimmers-DSCF5286_Pete-Carr.jpg)

Sunrise viewed from inside the River Mersey

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![The moon sets against a pinkish sky above a manmade groyne made of geometric shapes and rocks.](https://pete.news/content/images/2026/03/New-Brighton-DSCF4954_Pete-Carr.jpg)

Moonset over a groyne in New Brighton

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![The sun rises behind some buildings across the River Mersey as the tide is out.](https://pete.news/content/images/2026/03/Swimmers-DSCF5333_Pete-Carr.jpg)

Sunrise over the River Mersey