Back From Blacking (And The Ingenuity Of Drydocks) Nighttime On Still Waters podcast

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Back from Blacking (And the ingenuity of drydocks)

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Could the humble drydock be the perfect example of canal engineering ingenuity? Find out why in our latest episode and join us back afloat onboard the Erica as we explore some surprising facts about this often-overlooked marvel.

Journal entry:

1st August, Friday (Lammas Day)

“Fields the colour of linen and calico
Under turbulent skies of heavy cloud.
As I chew on a blade of grass
The wind whips up dust devils
Across the dry, hard-baked hill.
Apples fall, half ripened.
Harry, the goat, stands on his hindlegs
And sniffs the air; nostrils flaring.
Lammas Day
The first fruits of harvest home.”

Episode Information:

In this episode I read ‘Summer Moods’ by John Clare and ‘Autumn Weeds’ by Lauren Binyon. I also read an extract from Athenaeus of Naucratis. Click here for more information on the Tessarakonteres.

More photographs of the drydock can be found at noswpod.com.

With special thanks to our lock-wheelersfor supporting this podcast.

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Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
Captain Arlo
Rebecca Russell
Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
Derek and Pauline Watts
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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 Commons Licence.

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Journal entry (00:00:26)

3. Welcome to NB Erica (00:01:09)

4. News from the moorings (00:02:19)

5. John Clare 'Summer Moods' (00:02:28)

6. Laurence Binyon 'August Weeds' (00:06:49)

7. Cabin chat (00:08:28)

8. Back from Blacking (00:15:49)

9. Athenaeus of Naucratis on drydocks (00:29:22)

10. Signing off (00:34:01)

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