Rough Crossings

Nighttime on Still Waters

Welcome aboard the NB Erica on a wet winter’s night. It is a perfect night to snuggle down and listen to JM Synge’s turn of the 20th century accounts of his travels to the Aran Islands in a small currach on stormy seas.

Journal entry:

14th February, Wednesday (St. Valentine’s Day)

“Outside,
No coat,
On the hill that runs down to the cut.

Warm sun, fleeting,
Cloud chasing with the gulls
And the circle of two buzzards.

Maggie sits, watching,
From a throne of dried grass
And teasels.

I too watch,
As the seconds pause.
I had never realised that the cormorant’s
Buoyant flight
Was quite like that.”

Episode Information:

In this episode I read passages from JM Synge’s (1907) book The Aran Islands republished by Penguin Classics (1992).

For more information go to the episode page at noswpod.com

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

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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For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Journal entry (00:00:44)

3. Welcome to NB Erica (00:01:29)

4. News from the moorings (00:02:26)

5. Cabin chat (00:08:30)

6. Rough Crossings (00:11:19)

7. Readings from JM Synge's 'The Aran Islands' (00:22:37)

8. Signing off (00:31:56)

9. Weather Log (00:32:25)