A Touch of Autumn (Apple picking time)

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Join us on the narrowboat Erica on a moonless, star-filled night as we celebrate autumns, real and imagined, present and remembered. Although October (at the moment) is far from 'golden', it is apple picking time mem ries of which take us meandering down the wandering paths of my childhood.

Journal entry:

3rd October, Thursday

“Afterglow of sunlight
Ash etched into ice blue
Overseen by a watching rook.

Smoke curls
Listless on no wind.
Cabin lights call me home.”

Episode Information:

In this episode I read the following poems:

‘Equinox’ by Roger Garfitt
‘Autumn, 1964’ by John Betjeman.

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

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
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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章

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Journal entry (00:00:44)

3. Welcome to NB Erica (00:01:12)

4. News from the moorings (00:02:16)

5. Cabin chat (00:10:27)

6. A Touch of Autumn (Apple Picking Time) (00:18:37)

7. 'Equinox' by Roger Garfitt (00:18:45)

8. 'Autumn, 1964' by John Betjeman (00:21:18)

9. Signing off (00:33:38)

10. Weather Log (00:33:49)