Nighttime on Still Waters

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  • Back from Blacking (And the ingenuity of drydocks)

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    Could the humble drydock be the perfect example of canal engineering ingenuity? Find out why in our latest episode and join us back afloat onboard the Erica as we explore some surprising facts about this often-overlooked marvel.

    Journal entry:

    1st August, Friday (Lammas Day)

    “Fields the colour of linen and calico
     Under turbulent skies of heavy cloud.
     As I chew on a blade of grass
     The wind whips up dust devils
     Across the dry, hard-baked hill.
     Apples fall, half ripened.
     Harry, the goat, stands on his hindlegs
     And sniffs the air; nostrils flaring.
     Lammas Day
     The first fruits of harvest home.”

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I read ‘Summer Moods’ by John Clare and ‘Autumn Weeds’ by Lauren Binyon. I also read an extract from Athenaeus of Naucratis. Click here for more information on the Tessarakonteres.  

    More photographs of the drydock can be found at noswpod.com.

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

    Susan Baker
    Mind Shambles
    Clare Hollingsworth
    Kevin B.
    Fleur and David Mcloughlin
    Lois Raphael
    Tania Yorgey
    Andrea Hansen
    Chris Hinds
    David Dirom
    Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
    Captain Arlo
    Rebecca Russell
    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Orange Cookie
    Mary Keane.
    Tony Rutherford.
    Arabella Holzapfel.
    Rory with MJ and Kayla.
    Narrowboat Precious Jet.
    Linda Reynolds Burkins.
    Richard Noble.
    Carol Ferguson.
    Tracie Thomas
    Mark and Tricia Stowe
    Madeleine Smith

    General Details

    The intro and the outro music is ‘Crying Cello’ by Oleksii_Kalyna (2024) licensed for free-use by Pixabay (189988).

    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. 

    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
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    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. 

    37 min
  • With Tom Rolt on the North Stratford Canal (Summer Readings)

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    It’s been a long sweltering day. Darkness is reluctantly beginning to fall, and a restless heat lies heavy over the canal. Let's settle down and listen to some echoes from the canal-side past as we hear Tom Rolt’s account of his journey up the Stratford upon Avon Canal (North) and the ‘battle for Bridge Number 1 (Lifford Lane).' 

    At a time when many of us are feeling the strain of today’s network, Rolt’s account reminds us of just how far we’ve come — and of the grit and vision of those who fought for the future of our waterways. 

    Episode Information:

    Tonight’s episode was recorded under some rather challenging conditions, a failing voice being one of them! Apologies for the sound quality and extraneous noises floating in from outside!!

    The reading featured in this podcast is from the second volume in Tom Rolt’s Landscape Trilogy, Landscape with Canals (1977), republished by The History Press.   

    With special thanks to our lock-wheelers  for supporting this podcast.

    Susan Baker
    Mind Shambles
    Clare Hollingsworth
    Kevin B.
    Fleur and David Mcloughlin
    Lois Raphael
    Tania Yorgey
    Andrea Hansen
    Chris Hinds
    David Dirom
    Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
    Captain Arlo
    Rebecca Russell
    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Orange Cookie
    Mary Keane.
    Tony Rutherford.
    Arabella Holzapfel.
    Rory with MJ and Kayla.
    Narrowboat Precious Jet.
    Linda Reynolds Burkins.
    Richard Noble.
    Carol Ferguson.
    Tracie Thomas
    Mark and Tricia Stowe
    Madeleine Smith

    General Details

    The intro and the outro music is ‘Crying Cello’ by Oleksii_Kalyna (2024) licensed for free-use by Pixabay (189988).

    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. 

    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
  • A Summer Wind among the Alders (Speaks of Lludd and Llefelys)

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    Stories have always been part of our world. From antiquity, stories create the light that help us find our way through the darkness. We need to rediscover those stories to help us face the dragons in our lives. Join us tonight as we listen closely to the summer wind play among the alders and hear a very old story that understands our modern world. 

    Journal entry:

    3rd July, Thursday

    “Walking up the hill.
     The grass crackles and scrunches
     With each step.

    If I closed my eyes
     I would have said
     I was walking through deep snow
     If it were not for the hum of bees
     And the wind that wraps me in warmth.”

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I refer to the tale of Lludd and Llefelys as told in the Mabinogion. A very good retelling of this story can be found in Amy Jeff’s (2021) Storyland: A new mythology of Britain. 

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

    Susan Baker
    Mind Shambles
     Clare Hollingsworth
     Kevin B.
     Fleur and David Mcloughlin
     Lois Raphael
     Tania Yorgey
     Andrea Hansen
     Chris Hinds
     David Dirom
     Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
    Captain Arlo
    Rebecca Russell
    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Orange Cookie
    Mary Keane.
    Tony Rutherford.
    Arabella Holzapfel.
    Rory with MJ and Kayla.
    Narrowboat Precious Jet.
    Linda Reynolds Burkins.
    Richard Noble.
    Carol Ferguson.
    Tracie Thomas
    Mark and Tricia Stowe
    Madeleine Smith

    General Details

    The intro and the outro music is ‘Crying Cello’ by Oleksii_Kalyna (2024) licensed for free-use by Pixabay (189988).

    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. 

    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. 

    53 min
  • Unsettled at the Still-Point (Of the year)

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    It is a hot midsummer night of warm winds that makes the Erica creak at her moorings. Tonight, we find ourselves at a year’s turning point — caught between the stillness and the unsettling. Join us as we explore the solstice, the shifting seasons, the rhythm of carnival swings, and the restless nature of the mind, uncovering the connections between them all.

    Journal entry:

    16th June, Monday

    “Cresting
     The eternal now
     The carp and I
     Share the summer sun”

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I refer to the website’s ‘The start of it all’ page where you can find all the links to episodes featuring readings from Mum’s book. 

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

    Susan Baker
    Mind Shambles
     Clare Hollingsworth
     Kevin B.
     Fleur and David Mcloughlin
     Lois Raphael
     Tania Yorgey
     Andrea Hansen
     Chris Hinds
     David Dirom
     Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
    Captain Arlo
    Rebecca Russell
    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Orange Cookie
    Mary Keane.
    Tony Rutherford.
    Arabella Holzapfel.
    Rory with MJ and Kayla.
    Narrowboat Precious Jet.
    Linda Reynolds Burkins.
    Richard Noble.
    Carol Ferguson.
    Tracie Thomas
    Mark and Tricia Stowe
    Madeleine Smith

    General Details

    The intro and the outro music is ‘Crying Cello’ by Oleksii_Kalyna (2024) licensed for free-use by Pixabay (189988).

    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. 

    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
  • A brooding sky and mirrored waters (Fen Country)

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    Join us on a quiet night of summer rain as we listen to rooks and explore the beauty and ambiguities of two liminal places with a lot in common. We learn about the web-footed fenmen and are guided by Luke Sherlock to a ruined church under haunting skies.   

    Journal entry:

    6th June, Friday

    “We walk through the sheep field
     As the rain pours down.
     My boot socks still wet from last night.
     The rooks muster noisily at the One Oak.

    Even the magpies’ cackles cannot wake
     The lambs still asleep
     Nestled beneath the blackthorn hedge.”

     Episode Information:

    In this episode I read Edward Storey’s ‘You walk the roof of the world here’ and Jeff Moore’s ‘The worked land.’ I also read an extract from Luke Sherlock’s Forgotten Churches published by Quarto and refer to Adam Porter’s podcast ‘The Water Road’

    More information about the campaign for a flag for the fens can be found here: Flag of the Fens.

    With special thanks to our lock-wheelers:

    Susan Baker
    Mind Shambles
     Clare Hollingsworth
     Kevin B.
     Fleur and David Mcloughlin
     Lois Raphael
     Tania Yorgey
     Andrea Hansen
     Chris Hinds
     David Dirom
     Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
    Captain Arlo
    Rebecca Russell
    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Orange Cookie
    Mary Keane.
    Tony Rutherford.
    Arabella Holzapfel.
    Rory with MJ and Kayla.
    Narrowboat Precious Jet.
    Linda Reynolds Burkins.
    Richard Noble.
    Carol Ferguson.
    Tracie Thomas
    Mark and Tricia Stowe
    Madeleine Smith

    General Details

    The intro and the outro music is ‘Crying Cello’ by Oleksii_Kalyna (2024) licensed for free-use by Pixabay (189988).

    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

    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
  • Erica's Place

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    Welcome to tonight’s episode where ‘Erica’s Place’ by Mindshambles awakens a kaleidoscope of reminiscences about Mum and ‘elevensies’ and her never ending supply of fresh scones. As the different memories flow and glide past, it slowly becomes clear how much of ‘Erica’s place’ and Mum’s philosophy still lives on and unconsciously shapes these podcasts. Welcome to Erica's place.   

    Journal entry:

    20th May, Tuesday

    “The yellow flag are out.
     Unfolding the origami of their petals
     From the squashed chrysalis of their buds.

    Yellow iris arrives flat-packed
     To be assembled without sound
     Held only by a dance of air and light.”  

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I read the first verse of John Betjeman’s ‘Upper Lambourne’ and a short extract from Miles Hadfield’s (1950) An English Almanac. 

    I also read ‘Erica’s Place’ by Mindshambles (2025)

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

    Susan Baker
    Mind Shambles
     Clare Hollingsworth
     Gabriela Maria Rodriguez-Veinotte
     Kevin B.
     Fleur and David Mcloughlin
     Lois Raphael
     Tania Yorgey
     Andrea Hansen
     Chris Hinds
     David Dirom
     Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
    Captain Arlo
    Rebecca Russell
    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Orange Cookie
    Mary Keane.
    Tony Rutherford.
    Arabella Holzapfel.
    Rory with MJ and Kayla.
    Narrowboat Precious Jet.
    Linda Reynolds Burkins.
    Richard Noble.
    Carol Ferguson.
    Tracie Thomas
    Mark and Tricia Stowe
    Madeleine Smith

    General Details

    The intro and the outro music is ‘Crying Cello’ by Oleksii_Kalyna (2024) licensed for free-use by Pixabay (189988).

    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. 

    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. 

    40 min
  • A Totally Worthwhile Risk - 4

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    Tonight, we float upon a starfield of hawthorn blossom under a waxing moon. Why not join us as we continue with the final part of Mum’s account of the ‘totally worthwhile risk that was never regretted.’    

    Journal entry:

    9th May, Friday

    “A westering sun
    Lays long shadows across
    The towpath and canal.

    Two geese in a field
    watch me from across the water.
    A pheasant’s rasp
    The scent of may.”

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I read the first part of John Clare’s (1793-1864) ‘In suns and showers luxuriant May came forth’ published posthumously in Madrigals and Chronicles (1924).

    For photographs accompanying the reading from Mum’s account, please go to this episode’s page on noswpod.

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

    Mind Shambles
    Clare Hollingsworth
    Gabriela Maria Rodriguez-Veinotte
    Kevin B.
    Fleur and David Mcloughlin
    Lois Raphael
    Tania Yorgey
    Andrea Hansen
    Chris Hinds
    David Dirom
    Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
    Captain Arlo
    Rebecca Russell
    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Orange Cookie
    Mary Keane.
    Tony Rutherford.
    Arabella Holzapfel.
    Rory with MJ and Kayla.
    Narrowboat Precious Jet.
    Linda Reynolds Burkins.
    Richard Noble.
    Carol Ferguson.
    Tracie Thomas
    Mark and Tricia Stowe
    Madeleine Smith

    General Details

    The intro and the outro music is ‘Crying Cello’ by Oleksii_Kalyna (2024) licensed for free-use by Pixabay (189988).

    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. 

    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
  • A Totally Worthwhile Risk - 3

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    Join us tonight under a waning April moon as we think about the local ducks preparing for the ‘long sit’ and hear more about what happened to Mum and Dad after they had landed in Canada to start a new life together.    

    Journal entry:

    25th April, Friday.

    “Down in the engine bay
    De-rusting for painting.

    I am once more a clumsy adolescent.
    My feet grow too large and my knees
    and elbows get in the way.
    I no longer can bend as I once did.

    The march of time becomes visible
    In both the engine and my body.
    The engine gathers grime
    I gather aches.

    From time to time, we both groan.”

    Episode Information:

    For accompanying photographs, please go to this episode’s page on noswpod.

    The website featuring the MS Seven Seas that I mentioned in this episode can be found here: SS Maritime.com.

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

    Mind Shambles
    Clare Hollingsworth
    Gabriela Maria Rodriguez-Veinotte
    Kevin B.
    Fleur and David Mcloughlin
    Lois Raphael
    Tania Yorgey
    Andrea Hansen
    Chris Hinds
    David Dirom
    Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
    Captain Arlo
    Rebecca Russell
    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Orange Cookie
    Mary Keane.
    Tony Rutherford.
    Arabella Holzapfel.
    Rory with MJ and Kayla.
    Narrowboat Precious Jet.
    Linda Reynolds Burkins.
    Richard Noble.
    Carol Ferguson.
    Tracie Thomas
    Mark and Tricia Stowe
    Madeleine Smith

    General Details

    The intro and the outro music is ‘Crying Cello’ by Oleksii_Kalyna (2024) licensed for free-use by Pixabay (189988).

    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. 

    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. 

    48 min
  • A Totally Worthwhile Risk - 2

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    Tonight, clouds build as the high pressure breaks. Speculative gusts of wind kick blackthorn blossom ghostly white along the towpath and the full moon seeps heavy and watery through a blanket of cloud. Join us tonight as we continue hearing Mum's account of a risk that was totally worth taking.     

    Journal entry:

    7th April, Monday

    “Warm snowflakes
     Of blackthorn float and drift
     Along the towpath
     Among cowslip yellow
     And bluebell blue.

    The sheep are loathe
     To move, preferring to lie
     On the grass
     White with night frost,
     Enjoying the heat
     Of the sun
     On their backs.”

     

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I read:

    ‘Blackthorn Blossom’ by John Bond
    ‘Young lambs’ by John Clare

    In the thumbnail photograph, Mum and Dad are the couple facing each other and closest to the camers. For other accompanying photographs, please go to noswpod.

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

    Gabriela Maria Rodriguez-Veinotte
     Kevin B.
     Fleur and David Mcloughlin
     Lois Raphael
     Tania Yorgey
     Andrea Hansen
     Chris Hinds
     David Dirom
     Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
    Captain Arlo
    Rebecca Russell
    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Orange Cookie
    Mary Keane.
    Tony Rutherford.
    Arabella Holzapfel.
    Rory with MJ and Kayla.
    Narrowboat Precious Jet.
    Linda Reynolds Burkins.
    Richard Noble.
    Carol Ferguson.
    Tracie Thomas
    Mark and Tricia Stowe
    Madeleine Smith

    General Details

    The intro and the outro music is ‘Crying Cello’ by Oleksii_Kalyna (2024) licensed for free-use by Pixabay (189988).

    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. 

    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. 

    45 min
  • A Totally Worthwhile Risk - 1

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    It's a spring, moonless night - not quite 'Bible black', but nearly! It's a perfect night for stories. Why not join us to hear the first part of Mum’s account of their great adventure when, 68 years ago, almost to the day, Mum and Dad embarked on a totally new phase of their lives.       

    Journal entry:

    26th March, Wednesday

    “The ash are heavy with bud
     Blistered garnet, raspberry-
     Shaped jewels
     That glow warmly in
     The low sunshine
     That picks out the
     Slow contours of the fields
     In barley light.”

     

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I refer to Vanessa’s The Mindful Narrowboat vlog: Our Narrowboat Definitely isn't Ready for this Challenging Tidal River Journey! #231.

    I also refer to the write-up for this podcast in Towpath Talk (issue235) you can read the article online (page 70).

    You can listen to Radio Lento here. 

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

    Gabriela Maria Rodriguez-Veinotte
    Kevin B.
    Fleur and David Mcloughlin
    Lois Raphael
    Tania Yorgey
    Andrea Hansen
    Chris Hinds
    David Dirom
    Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
    Captain Arlo
    Rebecca Russell
    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Orange Cookie
    Mary Keane.
    Tony Rutherford.
    Arabella Holzapfel.
    Rory with MJ and Kayla.
    Narrowboat Precious Jet.
    Linda Reynolds Burkins.
    Richard Noble.
    Carol Ferguson.
    Tracie Thomas
    Mark and Tricia Stowe
    Madeleine Smith

    General Details

    The intro and the outro music is ‘Crying Cello’ by Oleksii_Kalyna (2024) licensed for free-use by Pixabay (189988).

    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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