An August-coloured Evening
Nighttime on Still Waters
English - August 20, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes - 40 MB - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Places & Travel narrowboat canal inland waterways liveaboard weather natural world elements nature night Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Tonight, we celebrate and enjoy a special August evening at the moorings, filled with golden light, gentle chatter, a rolling wind, duck call and church bells. A rare ‘August-coloured’ evening.
Journal entry:
15th August, Tuesday
“Chasing clouds and sunshine.
The ground still wet from yesterday's rain
We walk the loop, Maggie reacquainting herself
With familiar places.
Me too. It seems a while.
It's good to be out again.
The air smells green and fresh."
Episode Information:
In this episode I read an extract from Tov Jansson’s classic The Summer Book: A novel republished (2003) by Sort of Books.
I also read ‘Piping Pebworth’ attributed to Shakespeare.
Videos on the boatman's cabin refit of Narrowboat Precious Jet.
With special thanks to our lock-wheelersfor supporting this podcast.
Anna V.
Sean James Cameron
Phil Pickin
Orange Cookie
Donna Kelly
Mary Keane.
Tony Rutherford.
Arabella Holzapfel.
Rory with MJ and Kayla.
Narrowboat Precious Jet.
Linda Reynolds Burkins.
Richard Noble.
Carol Ferguson.
Tracie Thomas
Mike and Tricia Stowe
Madeleine Smith
General Details
In the intro and the outro, Saint-Saen's The Swan is performed by Karr and Bernstein (1961) and available on CC at archive.org.
Two-stroke narrowboat engine recorded by 'James2nd' on the River Weaver, Cheshire. Uploaded to Freesound.org on 23rd June 2018. Creative Commons Licence.
Piano and keyboard interludes composed and performed by Helen Ingram.
All other audio recorded on site.
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You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com.