Church bells among crow song

Nighttime on Still Waters

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This week much of the country fell silent for a while and that stillness was the occasion for a chance encounter and finding within the silence the music of bells among crow song. Join us aboard the Erica tonight as we are touched by the enigmatic qualities of bells and stillness.

Journal entry:

21st September, Wednesday

Dew, the smell of sheep and wet grass.
Rooks jostle the lightening sky.
The company of ducks hunched at the water’s edge
Shake themselves awake
And drop into the pool of water
The colour of dawn.

Episode Information:

fAll field recordings made on 19.09.2022 and features the bells of St Peter's church, Wootton Wawen.
In this episode I read short extracts from:

SeánStreet’s (2012) The Poetry of Radio: The colour of sound published by Routledge.

Seán Street’s (2019) The Sound inside the Silence: Travels in the Sonic Imagination published by Springer.

I also read two short extracts from John Betjeman.

John Betjeman (1958) Introduction to English Country Churches
John Betjeman (1960) Summoned by Bells originally published by John Murray

Steve Tyrell’s vlog recording his adventures on the NB Precious Jet can be viewed here: Narrowboat Precious Jet.

David Keating’s Instagram account to view his photographs: david_keating.

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You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com.

Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Journal entry (00:00:45)

3. Welcome to NB Erica (00:01:16)

4. News from the moorings (00:02:07)

5. Cabin chat (00:07:10)

6. Bells among crow song (00:11:46)

7. John Betjeman on muffled bells (00:19:41)

8. Sean Street from 'Poetry of Radio' (00:32:57)

9. Sean Street from 'The Sound inside Silence' (00:34:52)

10. Extract from John Betjeman's 'Summoned by Bells' (00:37:32)

11. Signing off (00:39:13)

12. Weather Log (00:39:20)