Practically Speaking (Listeners' questions - 7)

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Join us tonight under the soft light of a veiled full moon as we consider the wash of winter tree colours, when to start looking for a mooring, and how practical do you have to be to live on a boat? 

Journal entry:

11th December, Wednesday

“All week, a north-easterly
 Has raked across the bevelled
 Waters, aching and raw,
 Rattling the stern hatch doors.

The reeds whisper cold
 Lullabies to the moorhen.
 A kingfisher darts dimly
 Through the dusk.”

Episode Information:

In this episode I read two short extracts from John Clare’s ‘December’ from his Shepherd’s Calendar (1820). 

I also read ‘The Long Village (Oct 2024)’ by Mind Shambles. 

You can read the about the names of the full moons (in the UK) at the Royal Museums Greenwich website.

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

Lois Raphael
 Sami Walbury
 Tania Yorgey
 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
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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