November Fireside Nights
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It’s a foul November night, so why not come and join me aboard the Erica by the warm glow of fire light. I have with me a lovely book that I found last year in a second-hand bookshop and think that it's perfect for a night like this.    Journal entry:  1st November, Wednesday. “November is born brave  This morning. The dark water is alive  With movement  And a scatter  Of light. The walk from the boat  To car  Is under a starfield and  A bold moon.” Episode Information: In this episode I read the following poems: ‘The Chilterns’ by Rupert Brooke (extract) ‘Cotswolds’ by David Ashby ‘Cotswold Roads’ by Eva Dobell ‘Tewkesbury Road’ by John Masefield ‘The High Road’ by John Haines ‘Dedicatory Ode’ by Hillaire Belloc (extract) ‘The Ancient Wall’ by Brian Waters ‘The Cotswold Farmers' by John Drinkwater All poems (excluding Brooke’s) are found in Forest and Vale and High Blue Hill: Poems of Gloucestershire, the Cotswolds and Beyond collected by Johnny Coppin (1991).  I finish with an extract from LTC Rolt’s Narrow Boat.    With special thanks to our lock-wheelersfor supporting this podcast. Allison on the narrowboat Mukka Derek and Pauline Watts Anna V. Sean James Cameron 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.  Support the showBecome a 'Lock-Wheeler' Would you like to support this podcast by becoming a 'lock-wheeler' for Nighttime on Still Waters? Find out more: 'Lock-wheeling' for Nighttime on Still Waters. Contact For pictures of Erica and images related to the podcasts or to contact me, follow me on: Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/noswpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoswPod Mastodon: https://mastodon.world/@nosw I would love to hear from you. You can email me at [email protected] or drop me a line by going to the nowspod website and using either the contact form or, if you prefer, record your message by clicking on the microphone icon. For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com.
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