Holiday Interlude (& the Cap'n's Dad)

Nighttime on Still Waters

We’re on HOLIDAY! And so, a rather truncated and spur of the moment podcast tonight. However, join us as we enjoy a spot of tranquillity canal-style. We also hear a lovely story from one of our long-time listeners and lock-wheelers.

Journal entry:

25th July, Thursday

“The sun flashes off the canal
in a shimmering dance of light.

Sweet fruit hang amid
The dappled leaves and butterflies,
Rotting on the higher branches.
We below them look up
Rueing such waste and decay;
Sweetness lost to the wasps.

But for the bottle green beetle
There is no decay, only ripeness
And life.

For the plum tree,
There is no loss, no waste,
Just the culmination
Of a winter’s worth of survival
During the long cold of
Darkened days.

My world must seem so
Totally incomprehensible
To them.”

Episode Information:

In this episode I recommend Wes and Amy’s vlog: Boat Time.

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

Andrea Hansen
Chris Hinds
David Dirom
Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger
Captain Arlo
Rebecca Russell
Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
Derek and Pauline Watts
Anna V.
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.

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Journal entry (00:00:44)

3. Welcome to NB Erica (00:01:50)

4. News from the moorings (00:02:55)

5. Cabin chat (00:14:56)

6. Captain Arlo's story (00:20:17)

7. Signing off (00:28:27)

8. Weather Log (00:28:39)