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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.

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