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Tonight, the clouds are racing and the young moon has already dipped below the horizon. Spring comes roaring on the back of a raging southwesterly. Join the Erica on a windy March night as, with the help of Rory's favourite book, we explore the significance of the conclave of oaks on the hill top. 

Journal entry:

21st March, Tuesday.

“Long day.
 Darkness has long since fallen.
 On the bank, the two swans emerge,
 Glowing ghostly white.
 Their beaks quietly nibbling the grass.
 Night-time snacks.
 They are my harbour lights
 That guide me home.”

Episode Information:
In this episode I read an extract from Shel Silverstein’s (1964) The Giving Tree now republished in 2010 by Particular Books. 

I also read a very short passage from Suzanne Simard’s (2022) Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the wisdom and intelligence of the forest published by Penguin Books.    

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

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.

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