Sound Walk To Hay-On-Wye

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08rg41l

This was broadcast on B/H afternoon. Its slow radio ! 4 hours of nature sounds, plus bits of music interspersed. Its something that you leave on in the background, when you are doing something else.

Simply lovely !

[waterboatman]

I like that idea mikey. Very relaxing. I will have a longer look later.

[mikey4444]

Boaty....if you save it to your favourites, then you can come back to it whenever you like. I have it on now, but I will listening to the Today Programme from 06:30 on wards. There is 28 days left to listen according to the website !

[waterboatman]

I will do that mikey. Thanks.

[Hopkirk]

Sounds a bit like a radio version of BBC4s canal boat trip a while ago. Gentle and relaxing to watch.

[mikey4444]

Its lovely Hoppy....its not just this chap nattering about what he sees, but there is an awful lot of gentle musiv involved as well.

I have walked this route many times over the years, but not for quite a while now...old ticker you know !

The scenery is stunning.

[Hopkirk]

I'll give it a listen later Mikey. Thanks.

[Hopkirk]

I only managed two minutes - sorry

[mikey4444]

Well....I did try Hoppy !

[Hopkirk]

It's like an extended Radio 4 tweet of the day, without the explanation.

[mikey4444]

There was very much more than bird song to that program Hoppy....much.,much more !

[Hopkirk]

Perhaps I didn't give it long enough.

[mikey4444]

Hoppy....load the page up and save it to your favourites folder. Then come back to it, every now and then at random. Its not all tweety sounds !

There are some lovely musical interludes, and readings, plus the tweety bits !

[Hopkirk]

Sorry Mikey, I did try again and got up to the ten minute mark, but it's not for me. There was some guy mumbling but as I couldn't see the beautiful scenery it just didn't work.

[mikey4444]

At least you tried Hoppy, and for that I am glad !

[Hopkirk]

Did you see the BBC4 canal trip a few months ago?

I think you would have enjoyed that. A camera on front of a canal boat doing 4mph. The only commentary was the occasional bit of text on the water surface ahead.

[mikey4444]

Hoppy....yes, I saved it to me favourites but by the time I got around to watching it, it had expired !

By the way, there is a regular slot on Radio 3, at about 08:15, on Sunday mornings, of some nature sounds recorded by Chris Watson, interspersed with some appropriate music. Its only about 10 mins long and has become a favourite of mine these past few months.

I can't remember what the slot is called, but its part of the Sunday with Martin Handley program.