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It’s a wild and wet July night of wind and rain. So why not step aboard for a while as we meander down some fox trails and contemplate the pleasure of sunshine and dark skies.

Journal entry:

11th July, Tuesday

“A quarter to midnight.
 Lying in bed and listening
 To the drum of rain
 On the cabin roof.

All day I have watched the dark
 Clouds boil in the cauldron
 Of the west.
 Storm heads tower
 In castle greys.

Maggie and I stood
 On the hill with no name
 Watching the ragged veils
 Of cloud-tear
 Sweep towards us

It falls like brush strokes
 Played on a snare drum.”

Episode Information:

In this episode I read a very short extract from the Ladybird Book What to look for in Summer by E.L. Grant Watson (1960) published by Wills and Hepworth. 

I also read the following Sabbath Poems XXII and XXIII by Wendell Berry (2013) published by Catapult.

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

Sean James Cameron
 Laurie and Liz
 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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