87 Sky landing - when the wind bends the trees
They look as if they are swimming in it. The banks of trees. Tense into the current, swaying, twisting in sympathy with the changing wind. Like they're wading out into on-coming waves, wading out to b...
2 Okt 202132min
Night tide turning at pillbox point (sleep safe)
High tide on the River Crouch. Night. Not a soul about. Small bobbly waves gamboling along the brimming tideline. Playful, in swilling swirls, reaching for one more inch of land, before the ebb. From ...
25 Sep 202134min
Afternoon meadow in late summer
Last day of August. Pleasant sunshine, blue sky. Wind 1 to 2 knots, barely noticeable. Standing tall with motionless leaves, the trees are leaning into the warmth, letting their limbs soak up every av...
18 Sep 202131min
Down at the marina on a weekday in August
Sunlit pontoons. Taut ropes. Empty footways. Still, like a photograph. So many boats moored up, waiting for someone to come down to sail them. This is the marina at Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, where to ...
11 Sep 202137min
Suffolk Wood (part 9) - the hour before dawn with owls and nocturnal animals
From over the fields beyond the edge of the forest, the bell of St Mary's strikes 4. Within this empty space between the trees, the golden sound rings pure and clear, though there's no one around to h...
4 Sep 20211h 2min
82 Hill top oak in strong wind - a natural source of white noise (sleep safe)
High up on an exposed moor, between the Derbyshire towns of Glossop and Buxton, an old oak tree leans into the wind. Its sound is heard only by passing walkers, who from time to time, clink through th...
28 Aug 202142min
Rising tide in the rock garden - the sea wall near Bradwell-on-Sea
Stop walking! There's a place to sit. Roll up your jacket to make a cushion and perch on the rocks, just for a moment, to take in the view. Look! Over the expanse of cloud-dappled water, beyond, where...
21 Aug 202137min
A doze in the grass on Wallasea Island (High-def sound and sleep safe)
This, is summer island time. Sizzled by crickets, gusted to and fro by hot marshy breezes, a distant marine vessel softly thrums the air with a low soporific hum. Occasional planes pass lazily over. T...
14 Aug 202139min
