As you can guess, from the fact I make podcasts, I really love the medium, and one of the ones I enjoy is the Bristol History Podcast.  

This has been created by Tom Brothwell, and he interviews different historians and authors to cover a wide range of different subjects that he's interested in, and wants to find out more about.   We talked about why he started, his approaches to history, and lots more, including some of the history about the River Avon.

For links to Tom's podcasts and more things we talked about, click through to my website:
https://avonstories.com/2018/04/18/podcast-22-tom-brothwell-bristol-history-podcast/

Avon Stories

22: Tom Brothwell's Bristol History Podcast

One of the ways to explore a place is through its sounds - & in this episode, Dan Pope took me on a soundwalk along the River Avon to find out what we could hear.

We talked about what soundwalks are, Dan's work as an acoustic consultant, how soundscapes can be added to places, and what people can use to explore sounds in their area.  There are some resources, a map and lots of links on my website:
https://avonstories.com/2018/04/26/podcast-23-soundwalking-dan-pope/

23: Soundwalking with Dan Pope

Sitting on my doorstep, listening to the spring rain in the dusk

Spring rain

The sound of Wor Well - the source of the Tetbury branch of the River Avon.  It was clearly a low level of water on 3rd June 2018, but now it must be even lower...

Photos from my daytrip exploring various sources and places around the Avon in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, with Vik and Matt:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/knautia/albums/72157692022952460

Wor Well - the source of the (Tetbury) Avon

Friday night, Bristol

I'd seen someone else's footprints on the Avon silt, so climbed down a ladder to stand on the Avon bank.  The mud was drying out in the heatwave, and crackling, with the sound of traffic on the Plimsoll Bridge behind me.
3rd July 2018

The sound of the Avon mud at high tide

Macaroni cheese, bubbling out of the oven

The sound of rain, breaking the heatwave, 28 July 2018.

Rain on my bedroom window, 9:39am

Rain outside my window, five past midnight

Rain outside my window, 23:18, 11th August 2018

Standing under the M5 motorway bridge at Lamplighter's Marsh, Bristol, listening to the traffic.  5th August 2018.

Under the M5 motorway bridge, Avonmouth

Standing on the Lamplighter's ferry slipway, looking across the River Avon to Pill.  5th August 2018.

On the Lamplighter's Jetty, looking across the Avon to Pill

Standing in the reed bed on the Shirehampton foreshore, listening to the wind, 5th Augyst 2018.

In the Shirehampton reed bed

The sound of the source of the Pigeonhouse Stream - down to a trickle after the heatwave on top of the very dry year.  11th August 2018.

The source of Pigeonhouse Stream, drought

Walking to work in the rain, 16th August 2018.  Coming from Narrow Quay to The Centre, under my umbrella.

Walking to work in the rain

Under the M4 bridge over the River Severn at Severn Beach, with Matt and Vik
Photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/knautia/albums/72157701292506495

Under the M4 at Severn Beach

Walking the length of Coombe Brook with Vik and Nikki Pugh.
Photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/knautia/albums/72157698081135972

Coombe Brook emerges from underground

Walking Coombe Brook with Vik and Nikki Pugh
Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/knautia/albums/72157698081135972

The sound of Coombe Brook coming out of a tunnel, Clay Bottom

You can't see the stream here, but if you stand over the manhole cover you can hear it.
Walking Coombe Brook - photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/knautia/albums/72157698081135972

Phone on the manhole cover, Clay Bottom

Walking on the Royate Hill viaduct nature reserve, with Nikki Pugh and Vikki

Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/knautia/albums/72157698081135972

Walking on the Royate Hill viaduct nature reserve

Podcast interviews, soundscapes and soundwalks exploring the River Avon in Bristol, including history, culture, and as many different uses of the river I can find.  Photos, films and more on my website.

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