Nighttime on Still Waters

An August-coloured Evening


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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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