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The colours of autumn this year promise to be spectacular and the towpaths are being transformed by the brush of autumn’s artistry. Join us tonight as we drink in some of the sights and ponder why this season can evoke such a mixture of emotions within us.  

Journal entry:

 11th October, Tuesday

“A wash of gold afternoon light
 That fresh clean scent of damp earth
 And falling water

The sluices are full and running,
 Laced with curtains of pearl and crystal.

A yearling ewe, with her forelegs
 Knee deep in the water.
 A heron, a couple of feet away,
 A statue centre stream, watches her.

Their eyes meet and for a moment,
 The world pauses. Face to face
 Eye to eye.

They drop their gaze and the world
 Is once more filled with the sound
 Of falling water.”    

Episode Information:

In this episode I read a very short extract from the early 17th century English printed volume by Nicholas Breton of the 15th century The Kalendar of Shepherds: Being devices for the twelve months.

You can read a digitised reproduction of this book, with its wonderful woodcut engravings, in the Welcome Library: The Kalendar of Shepherds: Being devices for the twelve months.

I also refer to Jacque’s monologue, ‘All the world’s a stage’ from Shakespeare’s As You Like It  (Act II Scene VII). 

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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

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