Peering out from atop the high seawall of Nothe Fort. Two o'clock in the morning. High tide, and the sea below feels so near. Overhead the sky is faintly luminous. But is dense black, out over the sea. Even blacker out over the invisible presence of Portland, somewhere over to the right.
Hearing the night's velvet silence, rippled by slow moving, crisp edged waves. Crisp edged, watery waves, that sound like shapes. Ocean swells, that fill the spaces between the submerged rocks. Sway the empty moored boats. Are these waves just normal waves? Or have they come here, to Nothe Fort, for a reason?
Notice how they hang around, at the foot of the fort's huge parapet wall. How, in graceful arching circles, they seem to come, but not really go. Come, and join other waves already arrived, to combine, and elaborate, and form new, even more graceful watery shapes. Watery shapes, that swirl in the dead of night around the ancient stone footings of Nothe Fort.
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This is the third episode from our night recording from the Fort. Listen to episode 124 and episode 118 for more from this wonderfully peaceful place.
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Big Lento thanks to Exploration Project on Twitter who kindly found a perfect photo of sea at night we could use in this episode to illustrate it. Thank you!
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105 Boy dog beach fossils
104 While away in winter woodland (a clear mind special)
103 Tidal breakers winter beach - in HD sound
102 Mild valley in June at the Cheshire / Derbyshire border (source of natural white noise)
101 At Benfleet Creek
100 Suffolk Wood (part 11) - a new day
99 High in the hills amongst snow laden trees - Christmas special
98 A ship that passes in the night - sleep safe
97 Through the trees, distant weir (source of natural white noise - 3D with ear/headphones)
96 A blustery day begins on inland tidal water (headphones)
95 Suffolk Wood (part 10) - a voyage from dawn to day - spacious and subtle - best with headphones
94 The trees that wait for the chalk stream to flow (natural source of white noise)
93 Rain garden after dark (sleep safe)
92 Up in the April hills of mid Wales
91 When woods go weird
90 Wind on water, night curlews, rain later (sleep safe)
89 The birds of the leafy ravine - a tonic for tired minds (best with headphones)
88 An afternoon at Wrabness (part 2)
87 Sky landing - when the wind bends the trees
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