164. On the Shambles

From a doorway on the Shambles, I watch a river of humanity.

Despite the music playing in my ears, I hear the babble of visitors. Some laugh, a baby screams, girls giggle, and friends point out the over-hanging houses to each other.

The voices are vary in pitch, tone and accent, creating a harmony of sound.

Couples walk passed arm in arm, hand in hand. A man in a red ski jacket, takes his brown husky-cross, for a walk. Grown up daughters, with their grey-haired mum, stop on the cobbles to review their map and decide where to go next.

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