Episode 1: Albert the Giant Dog-Attacking Sheep

The moor. Place of ghosts. Factory of weather. Breeder of stories. The high place that reminds people of what everywhere else once was but which is also its own place, hovering, separate, other, and always was. The place where people go to learn about time. Follow the thirteen rivers down from its roof, the wide and the narrow, the high-handed and the meek, and you will understand. Follow them from their secret tussocked beginnings and watch them brag and flourish. Stand precariously on granite ledges and watch the water spin through the mossy chasms below you, listen to the voices within, find out if they ever switch off, for a moment. They did, once, many years ago. But nobody likes to mention it now.

Thank you for listening to our first episode of Moorland Community Radio.

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Written and performed by:

Tom Cox: https://mobile.twitter.com/cox_tom https://instagram.com/21stcenturyyokel?utm_medium=copy_link

Additional voices by:

Ben Tallamy: www.bentallamy.com

Katherine Drake: https://www.spotlight.com/8931-5648-4482

Music by:

Dimorphodons: http://dimorphodons.com/ https://dimorphodons.bandcamp.com/album/searching-for-dimorphodons-ep-2

Tom Cox

Produced by:

Ellie Mckechnie