The hedges are ablaze with colour and they call to us of lessons that we have long forgotten. 

Journal entry:

2nd September, Saturday
“At the edgings of the day.
 A delinquent V of geese
 Transect a sinking sun.
 As they reappear
 Another flight has joined them.
 They continue in a loose straggle
 North.

A cool whisper of air
 As we round the base of the hill.
 Distant voices float across the water.
 As the sun sinks below the west
 The chant of jackdaws.”

Episode Information:

In this episode I read extracts from:
Tristan Gooley’s (2018) Wild Signs and Star Pathspublished by Hodder & Stoughton.
Sharon Blackie’s (2018) The Enchanted Life published by September Publishing.
William Carleton (1830) The Hedge School open access text. 
 
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Anna V.
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 Donna Kelly
 Mary Keane.
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 Rory with MJ and Kayla.
 Narrowboat Precious Jet.
Linda Reynolds Burkins.
Richard Noble.
Carol Ferguson.
Tracie Thomas
Mike 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.

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