Nighttime on Still Waters

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  • Low along the Fox Paths

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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. 

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. It will also allow you to become more a part of the podcast and you can leave comments, offer suggestions, and reviews. You can even, if you want, leave me a voice mail by clicking on the microphone icon. 

    Support the show

    Become a 'Lock-Wheeler'
    Would you like to support this podcast by becoming a 'lock-wheeler' for Nighttime on Still Waters? Find out more: 'Lock-wheeling' for Nighttime on Still Waters.

    Contact

    • Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/noswpod
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noswpod.bsky.social
    • Mastodon: https://mastodon.world/@nosw  

    I would love to hear from you. You can email me at [email protected] or drop me a line by going to the nowspod website and using either the contact form or, if you prefer, record your message by clicking on the microphone icon.

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. 

    30 min
  • Changes (lessons from a field edge)

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    Join us tonight on a hot sticky night of lingering light and stubborn twilight. With the summer’s tilt shifting wider and deeper changes are felt. "Life is a motion. Life is growth. It is never static," says the corner of a field.

    Journal entry:

     4th July, Tuesday

    "Goldfinch carnival 
     Among the teasel heads
     And early sun.

    Dark clouds to the west
     Bringing rain.
     Spindrift of fine drizzle
     Freewheels on the breeze.

    The cows are in no hurry
     Neither am I."

     

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I read ‘The Summer Day’ by Mary Oliver first published in House of Light (1990) published by Beacon Press.

    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. 

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. It will also allow you to become more a part of the podcast and you can leave comments, offer suggestions, and reviews. You can even, if you want, leave me a voice mail by clicking on the microphone icon. 

    Support the show

    Become a 'Lock-Wheeler'
    Would you like to support this podcast by becoming a 'lock-wheeler' for Nighttime on Still Waters? Find out more: 'Lock-wheeling' for Nighttime on Still Waters.

    Contact

    • Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/noswpod
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noswpod.bsky.social
    • Mastodon: https://mastodon.world/@nosw  

    I would love to hear from you. You can email me at [email protected] or drop me a line by going to the nowspod website and using either the contact form or, if you prefer, record your message by clicking on the microphone icon.

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. 

    31 min
  • Facing the Fears with Maggie

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    This has been rather an unexpected and eventful week. This is a special episode where we welcome a board a new fellow traveller (along the canals and through life).

    Journal entry:

     30th June, Friday

    “Endless motorways. Endless traffic.
     Red lights all the way.
     A frightened face and soulful eyes.
     I sit on the stairs out of sight; out of the way.

    A short drizzle of rain.
     The smell of hay in fields.
     Sitting as darkness falls,
     My arm is licked by a new friend."

    Episode Information:

    Photographs of Maggie can be found on the podcast’s website: noswpod.com.
    In this episode, I mention this episode from Heidi’s narrowboat vlog: The Narrowboat Pirate.
    For those experiencing pet bereavement you might find an earlier episode of this podcast helpful: ‘No Small Gift’.

    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. 

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. It will also allow you to become more a part of the podcast and you can leave comments, offer suggestions, and reviews. You can even, if you want, leave me a voice mail by clicking on the microphone icon. 

    Support the show

    Become a 'Lock-Wheeler'
    Would you like to support this podcast by becoming a 'lock-wheeler' for Nighttime on Still Waters? Find out more: 'Lock-wheeling' for Nighttime on Still Waters.

    Contact

    • Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/noswpod
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noswpod.bsky.social
    • Mastodon: https://mastodon.world/@nosw  

    I would love to hear from you. You can email me at [email protected] or drop me a line by going to the nowspod website and using either the contact form or, if you prefer, record your message by clicking on the microphone icon.

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. 

    24 min
  • Five Finger Widths (above the horizon)

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    Watching the sun sink below the horizon, particularly after long sunny days such as these, can evoke a mass of mental and emotional responses that seem to tap into something deep within us. Join us this week as week count down a setting sun and reflect on the rich culture it created.  

    Journal entry:

     23rd June, Friday.

    “The alder saplings are growing thick at the water’s edge
     Vying with the green spears of teasel
     And purple knapweed plumes.

    This time last year
     Some of them were forming as catkins
     On its parent tree, under a sun
     That fiercely blazed and under which
     We welcomed its shade
     And the coolness of grass.”

    Episode Information:

    For those interested in reading a bit more about the different solar myths and legends across the globe, Stanford Solar Centre have produced a useful and nicely presented overview. 

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

    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. 

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. It will also allow you to become more a part of the podcast and you can leave comments, offer suggestions, and reviews. You can even, if you want, leave me a voice mail by clicking on the microphone icon. 

    Support the show

    Become a 'Lock-Wheeler'
    Would you like to support this podcast by becoming a 'lock-wheeler' for Nighttime on Still Waters? Find out more: 'Lock-wheeling' for Nighttime on Still Waters.

    Contact

    • Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/noswpod
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noswpod.bsky.social
    • Mastodon: https://mastodon.world/@nosw  

    I would love to hear from you. You can email me at [email protected] or drop me a line by going to the nowspod website and using either the contact form or, if you prefer, record your message by clicking on the microphone icon.

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. 

    35 min
  • These are the Long Days (on Windmill Hill)

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    These are the days when the nights are short and the days are long. On the cusp of the summer solstice, the year's turning reaches its zenith, join me tonight in celebrating the unique joys (and challenges) of the long days with a special visit to Windmill Hill (Grid reference SP 33 42).

    Journal entry:

    14th June, Wednesday

    “Sun down.
     A lone swan swims up the canal.
     Serene strokes from strong feet.
     Each ripple she makes catches fire.
     The goldcrests’ chatter falls silent
     And the bank-side grasses blaze
     With the sun’s dying flame.”

    Episode Information:

    I highly recommend Greg Chapman’s website on his life boating on Britain’s canals and waterways is Greg Afloat. It is well worth a visit!

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

    Laurie and Liz
     Phil Pickin
     Orange Cookie
     Donna Kelly.
    Tony Rutherford.
     Mary Keane.
     Arabella Holzapfel.
     Rory and MJ.
     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. 

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. It will also allow you to become more a part of the podcast and you can leave comments, offer suggestions, and reviews. You can even, if you want, leave me a voice mail by clicking on the microphone icon. 

    Support the show

    Become a 'Lock-Wheeler'
    Would you like to support this podcast by becoming a 'lock-wheeler' for Nighttime on Still Waters? Find out more: 'Lock-wheeling' for Nighttime on Still Waters.

    Contact

    • Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/noswpod
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noswpod.bsky.social
    • Mastodon: https://mastodon.world/@nosw  

    I would love to hear from you. You can email me at [email protected] or drop me a line by going to the nowspod website and using either the contact form or, if you prefer, record your message by clicking on the microphone icon.

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. 

    31 min
  • 'A Little Clinker-Built Boat' (The 'Kathy' Chronicles - pt 1)

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    Travel back in time to the scorching summer of 1959. Although the canals were still mainly used by working boats, leisure cruising was growing in popularity and so too the idea of living on a canal boat. Tonight, I take us back to that world as I read Mum’s reminiscences of the decision to live on a boat with a young baby, eventually finding their future home, the Kathy, and their nail-biting journey taking her to their home mooring. Some of which could sound all too familiar to modern canal users!     

    Journal entry:

     5th June, Monday

    “Hawthorn petals turn pink and brown
     Little tidal laps of autumn
     In the great surge of spring.

    A chiffchaff scissors the morning
     Neatly into squares.”

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I an extract from Mum’s book Life and Erica (unpublished) that describes the time when she (with Dad and Wendy) decided to live on a boat and having found the Kathy she relates the adventurous journey to her mooring at Hampton Hall Farm, Rickmansworth.     

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

    Laurie and Liz
     Phil Pickin
     Orange Cookie
     Donna Kelly
     Mary Keane.
     Arabella Holzapfel.
     Rory and MJ.
     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. 

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. It will also allow you to become more a part of the podcast and you can leave comments, offer suggestions, and reviews. You can even, if you want, leave me a voice mail by clicking on the microphone icon. 

    Support the show

    Become a 'Lock-Wheeler'
    Would you like to support this podcast by becoming a 'lock-wheeler' for Nighttime on Still Waters? Find out more: 'Lock-wheeling' for Nighttime on Still Waters.

    Contact

    • Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/noswpod
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noswpod.bsky.social
    • Mastodon: https://mastodon.world/@nosw  

    I would love to hear from you. You can email me at [email protected] or drop me a line by going to the nowspod website and using either the contact form or, if you prefer, record your message by clicking on the microphone icon.

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. 

    33 min
  • In Praise of Locks (and lock-keepers)

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    There’s something almost indefinably special about canal and river locks. Tonight, I relate my struggle to outwit the ghost of Odd Lock as well as take time to celebrate the lock-keepers of old and their newer iteration – the volunteer lockie (I’m guessing at the spelling!) 

    Journal entry:

     2nd June, Friday
    “North easterly winds
     Grey skies.
     But there are five ducklings
     Braving the bluster
     And a swallow scissors low over
     A meadow of buttercups.
     This light makes the yellow Irises blaze."

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I read short extracts from:
    Ernest Temple Thurston’s (1911) The Flower of Gloster re-printed (1972) by David and Charles. 

    Julian Dutton’s (2021) Water Gypsies: A history of life on Britain’s rivers and canals, published by Coles Books.

    Ivan Broadhead’s (editor) (1994) Up the Cut: An anthology of inland waterways, published by Alan Sutton Publishing. 

    LTC (Tom) Rolt’s (1944) Narrow Boat now re-published by History Press.  

    I also refer to:
    Sue Wilkes’ (2011) Tracing your Canal Ancestors: A guide for family historians published by Pen and Sword. 

    With special thanks to our lock-wheelersfor supporting this podcast:
    Laurie and Liz,  Phil Pickin,  Orange Cookie, Donna Kelly, Mary Keane, Arabella Holzapfel, Rory and MJ., 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. 

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. 

    Support the show

    Become a 'Lock-Wheeler'
    Would you like to support this podcast by becoming a 'lock-wheeler' for Nighttime on Still Waters? Find out more: 'Lock-wheeling' for Nighttime on Still Waters.

    Contact

    • Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/noswpod
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noswpod.bsky.social
    • Mastodon: https://mastodon.world/@nosw  

    I would love to hear from you. You can email me at [email protected] or drop me a line by going to the nowspod website and using either the contact form or, if you prefer, record your message by clicking on the microphone icon.

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. 

    36 min
  • The Sun that Shone on Eden (still shines upon us here)

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    Come with me for a walk by the canal and I will show you something wonderful! This week we explore how names and memories have the power to root and reinforce our connections with home and tell us something very important about ourselves. 

    Journal entry:

     27th May, Saturday

    “Late afternoon sun slants into
     The tobacco-coloured waters.
     Fifteen or more carp weightless
     Among the cow pastures of weed-drift.

    With a flick of a tail, they all glide as one
     In a lithe piscine murmuration
     Look! They’ve formed the shape of a starling
     Flying in a tobacco-coloured sky!”

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I refer to the work of Elinor Gwynn and Keith H Basso’s (1996) book Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and language among the Western Apache published by University of New Mexico Press.

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

    Laurie and Liz
     Phil Pickin
     Orange Cookie
     Donna Kelly
     Mary Keane.
     Arabella Holzapfel.
     Rory and MJ.
     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. 

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. It will also allow you to become more a part of the podcast and you can leave comments, offer suggestions, and reviews. You can even, if you want, leave me a voice mail by clicking on the microphone icon. 

    Support the show

    Become a 'Lock-Wheeler'
    Would you like to support this podcast by becoming a 'lock-wheeler' for Nighttime on Still Waters? Find out more: 'Lock-wheeling' for Nighttime on Still Waters.

    Contact

    • Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/noswpod
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noswpod.bsky.social
    • Mastodon: https://mastodon.world/@nosw  

    I would love to hear from you. You can email me at [email protected] or drop me a line by going to the nowspod website and using either the contact form or, if you prefer, record your message by clicking on the microphone icon.

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. 

    41 min
  • A Nightingale Sang (and the world listened)

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    This week marked the anniversary of what has been considered by many to be one of the most important cultural events of the twentieth century. Tonight, we try to recapture that moment and explore why its power to move still remains today. 

    Journal entry:

    18th May, Thursday,
    “Is there anything more beautiful
     Than the softness
     Of April and May light
     While the clouds scramble
     For height
     Amid a sky of towering blue?”

    Episode Information:
    In this episode I read from:
    Charlie Connelly (2020) Last Train to Hilversum: A Journey in the search of the magic of radio published by Bloomsbury Press.
    Seán Street (2012) The Poetry of Radio: The colour of sound published by Routledge.

    The nightingale song was recorded by ‘reinsaba’. You can access the full recording at Freesound. 

    With special thanks to our lock-wheelersfor supporting this podcast.
    Laurie and Liz
    Phil Pickin
    Orange Cookie
    Donna Kelly
    Mary Keane.
    Arabella Holzapfel.
    Rory and MJ.
    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. 

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life on the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. It will also allow you to become more a part of the podcast and you can leave comments, offer suggestions, and reviews. You can even leave me a voice mail by clicking on the microphone icon. 

    Support the show

    Become a 'Lock-Wheeler'
    Would you like to support this podcast by becoming a 'lock-wheeler' for Nighttime on Still Waters? Find out more: 'Lock-wheeling' for Nighttime on Still Waters.

    Contact

    • Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/noswpod
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noswpod.bsky.social
    • Mastodon: https://mastodon.world/@nosw  

    I would love to hear from you. You can email me at [email protected] or drop me a line by going to the nowspod website and using either the contact form or, if you prefer, record your message by clicking on the microphone icon.

    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

    You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. 

    43 min
  • Up on the Roof (Waiting for the rain)

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    We are back! Spring sunshine and showers are transforming the fields and the canal and it is wonderful to be behind the microphone once again!
    The roof of a narrowboat can acts as a special extra room offering you panoramic views of a world of thee worlds. Why not climb up here and join us up on the roof of the Erica to enjoy rook play and the approach of a thunderstorm.

    This episode is dedicated especially to Stu and Vania.    

    Journal entry:

    10th May, Wednesday

    “A game of Pooh-sticks and listening for the train.
     The level-crossing gate feels warm in the sun.
     The ground is spongy with rainfall and forget-me-not.
     
     Rumours of thunder to the west.
     Water dropwort and young leaf
     The minglings of sunlight and water.
     Chiffchaffs’ scissoring notes.
     Erica among the bluebells.”

     Episode Information:
    All sound recordings for this episode were recorded canal-side in April and May 2023. 

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

    Orange Cookie
     Donna Kelly
    Tony Rutherford 
     Mary Keane.
     Arabella Holzapfel.
     Rory and MJ.
     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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    For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

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About Nighttime on Still Waters

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A narrowboat-based audio journal on canal life, living aboard, the elements, and the night. Perfect late-night listening for dreamers, insomniacs, night owls, nocturnalists, drifters, and nomads. For…

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