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Episode 78 - The birds that sing on the cusp of night (*sleep safe* after 16 minutes) It is dusk. The light has almost gone. Birds sing amongst the June-green trees above a chortling river.

78 The birds that sing on the cusp of night - a leafy ravine in the Peak District (sleep safe after 16 mins) | Radio Lento podcast

Early June days, up in the green of the Peak District hills, do not give way easily to night. The birds won't let them. Brimming over with life and song, they sing at the dying light to stay, with all...

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A restful listen for a Sunday night. Episode 126 - The seawall and the night patrolling curlews (43 mins *sleep safe*) Listen with headphones > radiolento.podbean.com/e/126-the-se... <

sunset. the sun has gone down. just the blue and orange of the sky. summer. warm. still.

#StandingStoneSunday Cheshire Bronze Age. Now well used by sheep.

Bronze Age standing stone in Cheshire on a sunny day. Rolling hills all around.

Heard this gorgeous 1947 London Routemaster bus yesterday. Such a heavy chugging throb. 10/10

Old Red bus now used to transport wedding guests. Says wedding special on it and has ribbons on the front. Original adverts for Bovril and Ty Phoo tea too.

What better way to end #YorkshireDay? Episode 287 - Dusk on Boggle Hole beach (45 mins) Perfect solitary quiet from a quiet place.

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The still luminous sky above the sheer rock cliffs was turning an even deeper shade of blue, as we stepped down onto the wet sand of the beach at Boggle Hole. For a moment we just had to stand. Take i...

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Radio Lento@radiolento.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Stuck inside? Come with us on the journey to Boggle Hole, just up the beach from Robin Hood's Bay. Resharing this thread for #YorkshireDay.

We took a slow route to get to Boggle Hole, this week's location (episode 283). Thread here... 🧵 First, a train to York. We had an overnight stay in the YHA where the history of Rowntree's was beautifully illustrated on walls of the cafe.

illustration of the Joseph Rowntree timeline, famous confectioner. The fruit pastille was invented in 1881.

If you listened to Lento during the dry days and nights of July, could you show your support with a coffee? 🎧❤️🎧 ko-fi.com/radiolento Every donation helps to cover our hosting and production costs. Thank you.

tall grasses in a field. yellows and greens. summer.

What better day for a train journey to Scarborough? #YorkshireDay

Train to Scarborough

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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 5d ago

Gold postbox left over from the Olympics 2012. With a cycling topper too. #PostBoxSaturday

a post box painted gold to celebrate a gold medal winner in the town. a knitted cyclist is on top as an extra flourish!

Impressive visitor in the garden welcoming us home.

Large brown caterpillar, hairy with a red stripe down its back.

Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 5d ago

Views from train windows in July. The countryside looking more like August.

train tracks. a large field, yellow. square bales of hay. blue sky

yellow field. green trees in the distance. metal fence and brambles in the foreground.

another yellow field. dots of bales of hay covered in black bags. overcast day.

rolling fields of dry grass and harvested crops. overwhelming palette is golden / dry.

Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 5d ago

Lots of options for a fun day out here. But where? #FingerpostFriday

Metal fingerpost sign underneath a green metal railway bridge. Pointing left to the county cricket ground, racecourse, cathedral, riverside and Severn Way. Right to the public toilets, Swan Theatre, art gallery.

Night all. 😴 Episode 170 - Night murmuring in Tenby (60 mins) This is an hour-long, *sleep safe* episode. Let the sound of the wind in the trees lull you to sleep. > radiolento.podbean.com/e/170-night-... <

a dark purple / grey night sky over tall trees in summer

Back to bleached London after a few days away. Even had a burst of proper rain at lunchtime before we left.

Paving slabs and a yellow hose. Wet from some actual rain.

Garden paving with grass between. Wet from the rain.

Finally found a blackberry bush with berries worth picking.

Some colour to balance off all the dried grass yellow.

Six photos from a garden. Green tomatoes. A bee on a purple flower. More tomatoes ripening. Dark purple chillies. Bright poppy-like flowers in different shades of cream and orange. More flowers and blue sky.

Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 5mo ago

One satisfied customer.

A bee covered in pollen in the centre of a red hollyhock flower.

"After our ears had adjusted, we realised much of the human noise in the landscape was gone." Episode 59 - A fallen tree on Galley Hill (31mins) An oasis for listening. Big gusts of wind in tall trees. Birds chatter lower down. The pitter patter of light rain. > www.podbean.com/ew/pb-xrvab-...

a fallen tree. trunk covered in moss and lichen. on a grey spring day. in a wood.

Two huge trees in the cathedral close. #ThickTrunkTuesday

Massive trunks of huge trees either side of a path leading to the entrance to the cathedral.

Radio Lento@radiolento.bsky.social · 2y ago

One of our favourite episodes. #NorfolkDay

This week's episode is only 14 minutes long. The light on the beach was fading fast and we didn't want to get lost so we had to pack up! The sound we caught was too precious to keep to ourselves. Please listen and enjoy on repeat! Episode 239 Intertidal zone - night approaching bit.ly/LenDune

nine small pictures showing the fading night light on the beach

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Bill Oddie close up with a kingfisher. ❤️

RIP Bill Oddie. Legend.

Time for tea?

Part of an advertising sign for sea. On an old wall. Just the word - tea - in capital letters in black on a white wall with cracks on.

Is there a word for the noise that the seed pods on a gorse plant make in the wind? A clatter? A crack? A cackle?

Brown seed pods, a couple of centimeters long, on a gorse Bush. Slightly furry but very dry.

Rain!!

Mesmerising to sit and watch bees and butterflies visiting the buddleia.

Red Admiral butterflies on the flowers of white buddleia. Blue sky.

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297 Sonorous rural woodland before an approaching storm

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