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87 Sky landing - when the wind bends the trees
Episode 87
They look as if they are swimming in it. The banks of trees. Tense into the current, swaying, twisting in sympathy with the changing wind. Like they'…
5 years, 1 month ago
Night tide turning at pillbox point (sleep safe)
Episode 86
High tide on the River Crouch. Night. Not a soul about. Small bobbly waves gamboling along the brimming tideline. Playful, in swilling swirls, reachi…
5 years, 1 month ago
Afternoon meadow in late summer
Episode 85
Last day of August. Pleasant sunshine, blue sky. Wind 1 to 2 knots, barely noticeable. Standing tall with motionless leaves, the trees are leaning in…
5 years, 1 month ago
Down at the marina on a weekday in August
Episode 84
Sunlit pontoons. Taut ropes. Empty footways. Still, like a photograph. So many boats moored up, waiting for someone to come down to sail them. This i…
5 years, 2 months ago
Suffolk Wood (part 9) - the hour before dawn with owls and nocturnal animals
Episode 83
From over the fields beyond the edge of the forest, the bell of St Mary's strikes 4. Within this empty space between the trees, the golden sound ring…
5 years, 2 months ago
82 Hill top oak in strong wind - a natural source of white noise (sleep safe)
Episode 82
High up on an exposed moor, between the Derbyshire towns of Glossop and Buxton, an old oak tree leans into the wind. Its sound is heard only by passi…
5 years, 2 months ago
Rising tide in the rock garden - the sea wall near Bradwell-on-Sea
Episode 81
Stop walking! There's a place to sit. Roll up your jacket to make a cushion and perch on the rocks, just for a moment, to take in the view. Look! Ove…
5 years, 2 months ago
A doze in the grass on Wallasea Island (High-def sound and sleep safe)
Episode 80
This, is summer island time. Sizzled by crickets, gusted to and fro by hot marshy breezes, a distant marine vessel softly thrums the air with a low s…
5 years, 2 months ago
Essence of estuary
Episode 79
Plunge off the train and smile at the fresh air of nowhere! This is Thorpe-le-Soken in Essex. All ground and sky. The bell in the driver's cab rings …
5 years, 3 months ago
78 The birds that sing on the cusp of night - a leafy ravine in the Peak District (sleep safe after 16 mins)
Episode 78
Early June days, up in the green of the Peak District hills, do not give way easily to night. The birds won't let them. Brimming over with life and s…
5 years, 3 months ago