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Dozing and waking in the tent near the A4074

19 Jethro Tull Gardens, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8HB, UK

A 10-minute field recording by Felicity Ford made in Didcot, United Kingdom on 13 June 2010, in the morning. Soundscape: rain, birdsong & dawn chorus and night soundscapes.

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Dozing and waking in the tent near the A4074
9:35CC BY-SA 3.0by Felicity FordInternet Archive
9:35

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Recordist's notes

Made this recording in 2010 when I was doing a lot of exploratory walks around the A4074 road, trying to get closer to the landscape which I am often separated from by my car when I am driving on the road there. I did the walk in two parts, starting in Reading, and taking the footpaths around the A road as it is far too dangerous to walk directly on the road the whole way. I camped overnight in Wallingford on the night of the first day of walking, then met Mark early on, and walked the rest of the way into Oxford. I set up my recorder in the tent before I went to sleep, ready to record the early morning birds. Woke up, put it on, then fell back asleep. In this recording I am dozing with the birds and there is an aeroplane, a little light rain, and some tiny snoring. It was close to 8am if I remember rightly. Just recorded with EDIROL R-09 and its onboard microphones. I kept in the part at the end where I wake up and turn off the recorder!

Written by Felicity Ford on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Didcot is a town of about 29,341 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 55 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Roland / Edirol R-05 & R-09. Compact Roland/Edirol recorders that were popular for early sound-map contributions.

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