Nighttime on Still Waters

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  • Afloat with Maggie (Listeners' questions - 5)

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    You have seen the Instagram photographs/videos of happy boat-dogs gambolling along summer towpaths, dense with colour and sunshine, or happily curled up in front of cosy fires, but what is the reality of sharing a boat with a dog really like, especially in the winter?  

    Journal entry:

     15th December, Friday.

    “All night,
     The owls echoed
     Along the valley
     In the long tunnel
     Of the night.

    This morning,
     A magpie scratched
     Her jagged song
     Across the metalled dome
     Of first light.”

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I read a short extract from Tom Rolt’s (1944) Narrow Boat re-published in 2014 by The History Press 

     Links to all the vlogs that I mention in this episode can be found in the transcript below.
     

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

    Rebecca Russell
     Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Sean James Cameron
    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
    Mark 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. 

    Support the show

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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. 

    33 min
  • When Mum married Dad (95th birthday edition)

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    Join us on a stormy December night to listen to the next part of ‘How Mum met Dad’ in celebration of Dad’s 95th birthday. This week, we hear about their crack of dawn wedding and their honeymoon on the Norfolk Broads in the Whippet. 

    Journal entry:

     7th December, Thursday

    “Untidy smoke trail of jackdaws
     Stream across an iron sky
     Of scalding wind and rain flail.

    Maggie and I pick our way
     Across the sheep field,
     December sings through the oaks.”

    Episode Information:

    For more information, photographs and readings from Mum’s book: The Start of it all.

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

    Rebecca Russell
     Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Sean James Cameron
    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
    Mark 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. 

    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/
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    • 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. 

    39 min
  • When Mum met Dad (95th Birthday edition)

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    This week is a very special episode as we celebrate Dad’s 95th birthday and we go back in time to hear about how a 1938 Hilman Minx was instrumental in how Mum met Dad.

    Journal entry:

    1st December, Friday

    “Short sections of the canal
     Are covered in a frosted skim of ice.
     Wafer thin
     But firm enough to bear a moorhen’s weight.

    She walks parallel to the offside bank
     Left foot raised in a high arc
     Then place it flat upon the ice
     Slide it forwards half an inch or so.

    Pivot

    Right foot raised in a high arc
     Then place it flat upon the ice
     Slide it forwards half an inch or so.

    Pivot

    And so on.
     This is how to adapt
     When your environment
     Is suddenly changed
     Beyond recognition.

    Skating slowly
     With an assured deliberation.
     The canal is still
     Your home.”

     

    Episode Information:

    Vanessa’s vlog can be viewed here: The Mindful Narrowboat.

    For more information, photographs and readings from Mum’s book: The Start of it all.

     

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

    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Sean James Cameron
    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
    Mark 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. 

    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/
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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. 

    44 min
  • The Battered Landscapes of our Edens

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    Autumn is a good time for contemplation and a place by the fireside encourages reflection. Recently I have been revisiting the journals of Thomas Merton and, with the help of John Moriarty, I have found myself relearning some valuable lessons. The Edens of our flourishing are sometimes not quite what we dream them to be. 

    Journal entry:

    15th November, Wednesday

    "Across the fields, 
     A train clatters it's way to Birmingham.
     The lit carriages flickering like 
     A procession of glow worms 
     Through the hedges. 

    A rabbit's tail strobes white in my torchlight.
     The hill becomes alive with
     Unblinking ovine eyes."

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I read a number of entries from:

    Thomas Merton’s Dancing in the Water of Life published in 2009 by HarperCollins.

    For more information on John Moriarty and the ‘yoga of horror’ see his What the Curlew Said published in 2007 by Lilliput Press.   

     

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

    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Sean James Cameron
    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
    Mark 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. 

    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/
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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. 

    43 min
  • When Guy Fawkes wore my old dressing gown

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    I've always felt that there is something rather singular about the month of November. Tonight I try to find out what it is and end up recounting the time when Guy Fawkes wore my old dressing gown (which might or might not have anything to do with it!). 

    Journal entry:

    8th November, Wednesday.

    “Look down for the healing.
     A reluctant dawn this morning,
     South wind plays with stray raindrops
     And birch leaves.
     Scars of grey paving slabs lined with green.
     Willowherb, spurge, dandelion.
     Green healing the grey.
     Always there's the healing.
     Look to the healing
     Beneath your feet.”

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I read very short extracts from:
     Ruth Binney’s (2010) Weather Lore published by David and Charles.
    Miles Hadfield’s (1950) An English Almanac published by Dent and Sons.

    I also read a brief extract of John Clare’s ‘November’ from his The Shepherd’s Calendar (1827).   

    ‘Norfolk Greg’s’ blog post on Banbury Canal Day.    

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

    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Sean James Cameron
    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
    Mark 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. 

    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
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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. 

    28 min
  • November Fireside Nights

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    It’s a foul November night, so why not come and join me aboard the Erica by the warm glow of fire light. I have with me a lovely book that I found last year in a second-hand bookshop and think that it's perfect for a night like this.   

    Journal entry:

     1st November, Wednesday.

    “November is born brave
     This morning.

    The dark water is alive
     With movement
     And a scatter
     Of light.

    The walk from the boat
     To car
     Is under a starfield and
     A bold moon.”

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I read the following poems:

    ‘The Chilterns’ by Rupert Brooke (extract)

    ‘Cotswolds’ by David Ashby

    ‘Cotswold Roads’ by Eva Dobell

    ‘Tewkesbury Road’ by John Masefield

    ‘The High Road’ by John Haines

    ‘Dedicatory Ode’ by Hillaire Belloc (extract)

    ‘The Ancient Wall’ by Brian Waters

    ‘The Cotswold Farmers' by John Drinkwater

    All poems (excluding Brooke’s) are found in Forest and Vale and High Blue Hill: Poems of Gloucestershire, the Cotswolds and Beyond collected by Johnny Coppin (1991). 

    I finish with an extract from LTC Rolt’s Narrow Boat.   

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

    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Sean James Cameron
    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
    Mark 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. 

    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
  • Autumn Forest

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    I am not sure if it is just me, but so far autumn doesn’t feel quite so ‘autumny’ as it usually does. Therefore, I think that it is a perfect time to savour a reading from one of my most favourite childhood books, Brendon Chase by BB.  

    Journal entry:

     26th October, Thursday.

    “Darkness.
     Mizzle transforms the water
     Into star-fields of pinpricks of light.
     Evanescent.

    Like walking
     Through the tangle
     Of watery
     Spiders’ webs.

    A dance of tiny droplets
     In the torchlight’s beam.
     Cloud-walking
     Beside the canal.”

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I read an extract from BB’s (1944) wonderful Brendon Chase republished in 2016 by Puffin Books. 

    I also refer to Miles Hadfield’s An English Almanac (1950) published by Dent and Sons.

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

    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Sean James Cameron
    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
    Mark 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. 

    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

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    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noswpod.bsky.social
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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. 

    36 min
  • The Rebellious Light of Beauty (The last dandelion of summer)

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    It is easy to feel overwhelmed by the global events of the last couple of weeks. Following the battering of Storm Babet, this week’s episode offers a space for us to reflect on a world that can be often violent and far from perfect. 

    Journal entry:

    13th October, Friday

    “Battered by the winds of the world
     I stop to watch the free-flight of rooks
     Diving from an oak into the full force
     Of a westerly gale.

    Gothic wings outspread,
     They surf the blast
     Hanging on its back
     In a rage of ecstatic life.

    I stand alone below
     Looking upwards
     And for a short while
     My feet have left the ground
     And I master the gale.”

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I read Seán Street’s poem ‘Listening with a spider’ from his 2021 collection The Sound Recordist  published by Maytree Press.

    I also read an extract from Melanie Challenger’s (2023) essay: ‘Animals in the room: Why We Can and Should Listen to Other Species’.

    I also refer to Thomas Hobbes’ (1651) Leviathan, Tennyson’s (1850) ‘In Memoriam’, and Max Richter’s (2003/2018) album The Blue Notebooks. 

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

    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Sean James Cameron
    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
    Mark 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. 

    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

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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. 

    43 min
  • Words & Music (Listeners' questions - 4)

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    The temperature outside is dipping down towards zero, so join us for a cosy night by the glow of a hot stove, as we chat about two subjects close to my heart and the surprising way that living on a boat has altered my attitude to them. 

    Journal entry:

    13th October, Friday

    “Battered by the winds of the world
     I stop to watch the free-flight of rooks
     Diving from an oak into the full force
     Of a westerly gale.

    Gothic wings outspread,
     They surf the blast
     Hanging on its back
     In a rage of ecstatic life.

    I stand alone below
     Looking upwards
     And for a short while
     My feet have left the ground
     And I master the gale.”

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I answer the following questions from listeners:

    10:59 = How did we decide which books to include in our library on the Erica?
    19:39 - Will you do an episode on writings about the canals?
    21:09 - Did you have a record collection and how do you listen to music on the canal?28:48 - Have you considered recreating the first voyage of the 'Kathy'?

    Click link to order a copy of Ruthie Windsor-Mann’s 12 months of 12 Acres. 

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

    Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
    Derek and Pauline Watts
    Anna V.
    Sean James Cameron
    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
    Mark 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 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

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    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noswpod.bsky.social
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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. 

    33 min
  • Swings and Roundabouts (Listeners' Questions - 3)

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    There's an old and trustworthy adage on the canals: when two or more boaters meet up it is only a matter of time before the conversation will turn to the subject of toilets. So guess what the topic of this week's episode is?! 

    Journal entry:

     3rd October, Tuesday

    “Light fades.
     Dew Falls.
     Maggie follows a rabbit’s scent-trail
     Through the long, wet grass.
     Two rooks head east into darkness.

    I struggle in the half-light 
     With the padlock on the gate
     So we head upwards over the hill
     Then down to the line of boats
     With their windows shining into the night.”   

    Episode Information:

    In this episode I answer the following questions from listeners:

    11:33 - What are the pros & cons of pump-out toilets?

    22:55 - Can boaters use compost toilets?

    29:39 - Is drinking tap water safe & how do you know when the water tank needs filling?

    To watch the episode when Maggie meets Zephyr on The Mindful Narrowboat: Come Here For A Narrowboating Break.

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

    Derek and Pauline Watts
     Anna V.
     Sean James Cameron
     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. 

    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

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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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