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A brooding sky and mirrored waters (Fen Country)
Manage episode 487550623 series 2800955
Join us on a quiet night of summer rain as we listen to rooks and explore the beauty and ambiguities of two liminal places with a lot in common. We learn about the web-footed fenmen and are guided by Luke Sherlock to a ruined church under haunting skies.
Journal entry:
6th June, Friday
“We walk through the sheep field
As the rain pours down.
My boot socks still wet from last night.
The rooks muster noisily at the One Oak.
Even the magpies’ cackles cannot wake
The lambs still asleep
Nestled beneath the blackthorn hedge.”
Episode Information:
In this episode I read Edward Storey’s ‘You walk the roof of the world here’ and Jeff Moore’s ‘The worked land.’ I also read an extract from Luke Sherlock’s Forgotten Churches published by Quarto and refer to Adam Porter’s podcast ‘The Water Road’
More information about the campaign for a flag for the fens can be found here: Flag of the Fens.
With special thanks to our lock-wheelers:
Susan Baker
Mind Shambles
Clare Hollingsworth
Kevin B.
Fleur and David Mcloughlin
Lois Raphael
Tania Yorgey
Andrea Hansen
Chris Hinds
David Dirom
Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
Captain Arlo
Rebecca Russell
Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
Derek and Pauline Watts
Anna V.
Orange Cookie
Mary Keane.
Tony Rutherford.
Arabella Holzapfel.
Rory with MJ and Kayla.
Narrowboat Precious Jet.
Linda Reynolds Burkins.
Richard Noble.
Carol Ferguson.
Tracie Thomas
Mark and Tricia Stowe
Madeleine Smith
General Details
The intro and the outro music is ‘Crying Cello’ by Oleksii_Kalyna (2024) licensed for free-use by Pixabay (189988).
Narrowboat engine recorded by 'James2nd' on the River Weaver, Cheshire. Uploaded to Freesound.org on 23rd June 2018. Creative C
Become a 'Lock-Wheeler'
Would you like to support this podcast by becoming a 'lock-wheeler' for Nighttime on Still Waters? Find out more: 'Lock-wheeling' for Nighttime on Still Waters.
Contact
- Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/noswpod
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noswpod.bsky.social
- Mastodon: https://mastodon.world/@nosw
I would love to hear from you. You can email me at [email protected] or drop me a line by going to the nowspod website and using either the contact form or, if you prefer, record your message by clicking on the microphone icon.
For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters
You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com.
Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. Journal entry (00:00:26)
3. Welcome to NB Erica (00:00:55)
4. News from the moorings (00:02:01)
5. Cabin chat (00:08:19)
6. A brooding sky and mirrored waters (Fen Country) (00:17:34)
7. Edward Storey, 'You walk the roof of the world here' (00:20:02)
8. Jeff Moore, 'The worked land' (00:32:59)
9. Extract from Luke Sherlock's 'Forgotten Churches' (00:35:52)
10. Signing off (00:40:11)
11. Weather Log (00:40:26)
185 episodes
Manage episode 487550623 series 2800955
Join us on a quiet night of summer rain as we listen to rooks and explore the beauty and ambiguities of two liminal places with a lot in common. We learn about the web-footed fenmen and are guided by Luke Sherlock to a ruined church under haunting skies.
Journal entry:
6th June, Friday
“We walk through the sheep field
As the rain pours down.
My boot socks still wet from last night.
The rooks muster noisily at the One Oak.
Even the magpies’ cackles cannot wake
The lambs still asleep
Nestled beneath the blackthorn hedge.”
Episode Information:
In this episode I read Edward Storey’s ‘You walk the roof of the world here’ and Jeff Moore’s ‘The worked land.’ I also read an extract from Luke Sherlock’s Forgotten Churches published by Quarto and refer to Adam Porter’s podcast ‘The Water Road’
More information about the campaign for a flag for the fens can be found here: Flag of the Fens.
With special thanks to our lock-wheelers:
Susan Baker
Mind Shambles
Clare Hollingsworth
Kevin B.
Fleur and David Mcloughlin
Lois Raphael
Tania Yorgey
Andrea Hansen
Chris Hinds
David Dirom
Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
Captain Arlo
Rebecca Russell
Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
Derek and Pauline Watts
Anna V.
Orange Cookie
Mary Keane.
Tony Rutherford.
Arabella Holzapfel.
Rory with MJ and Kayla.
Narrowboat Precious Jet.
Linda Reynolds Burkins.
Richard Noble.
Carol Ferguson.
Tracie Thomas
Mark and Tricia Stowe
Madeleine Smith
General Details
The intro and the outro music is ‘Crying Cello’ by Oleksii_Kalyna (2024) licensed for free-use by Pixabay (189988).
Narrowboat engine recorded by 'James2nd' on the River Weaver, Cheshire. Uploaded to Freesound.org on 23rd June 2018. Creative C
Become a 'Lock-Wheeler'
Would you like to support this podcast by becoming a 'lock-wheeler' for Nighttime on Still Waters? Find out more: 'Lock-wheeling' for Nighttime on Still Waters.
Contact
- Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/noswpod
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noswpod.bsky.social
- Mastodon: https://mastodon.world/@nosw
I would love to hear from you. You can email me at [email protected] or drop me a line by going to the nowspod website and using either the contact form or, if you prefer, record your message by clicking on the microphone icon.
For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters
You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com.
Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. Journal entry (00:00:26)
3. Welcome to NB Erica (00:00:55)
4. News from the moorings (00:02:01)
5. Cabin chat (00:08:19)
6. A brooding sky and mirrored waters (Fen Country) (00:17:34)
7. Edward Storey, 'You walk the roof of the world here' (00:20:02)
8. Jeff Moore, 'The worked land' (00:32:59)
9. Extract from Luke Sherlock's 'Forgotten Churches' (00:35:52)
10. Signing off (00:40:11)
11. Weather Log (00:40:26)
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