{"id":534824,"date":"2026-08-10T06:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/w2-looking-up\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T06:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:24:19","slug":"w2-looking-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/w2-looking-up\/","title":{"rendered":"W2 &#8211; Looking up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>W2 &#8211; Looking up<\/b><br \/>\n<!-- no image --><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/julieb85\/\">Julie Bracken<\/a> posted a photo:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/julieb85\/55454591678\/\" title=\"W2 - Looking up\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55454591678_c5d0120daa_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"W2 - Looking up\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Standing beneath the first surviving arches, I found myself looking upwards almost instinctively. 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