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Sunday Jan 21, 2024
203 Dartmoor stream above waterfall gorge (part 2)
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Below a stone circle high on Dartmoor called the Nine Maidens, there's a stream. It threads its way down through steep sloping pastures. In the distance, just a fine, silvery, crooked line. It enters an area of dense forest. Becomes enmeshed with the sound signatures of tall, reflective, overhanging trees. Of sparse woodland birds. And disappears over a waterfall, into a deep wooded gorge.
There's a little wooden footbridge, above the waterfall. Here we left the Lento box alone to capture the scene, upstream of the bridge. Upstream of the waterfall. Tied to an interesting tree. Such swift, exquisite water, spatially twinkling, over shallow rounded rocks. We felt mesmerised by the way the rushing water made us feel, flowing so close, from left to right. The stream produced a gravity, of its own, that made this tiny corner of the world, the three or so yards between the tree and the water's edge, seem like a whole world in itself.
* This is part 2 of the long exposure we took of this scene, back in summer 2022. You can hear part 1 in episode 130. With time and headphones the exquisitely rich mesmerising detail of the spatially flowing water is revealed.
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I love this one - Dartmoor is home for me! And I like it that it’s sleep-safe (though I admit I’d like it to loop indefinitely). But I wonder, if I’m the only person to like the occasional louder one? Trains, traffic, a crowd, or some non-threatening mechanical or industrial process? I particularly like the windy nights in Rye church tower, with the banging and the clanging and the bells. I’m not saying I want this all the time, but as a contrast, it’s very rich!
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