inner southeast 15 minutes
Snatches of talk as people run   walk     and wait to cross
Fathers push buggies     of sleeping babies
The runners wait     check their time     hands on knees
Jackdaws explore a chimney

outer northwest 3 minutes
The Drive Westfield Drive Parker Avenue Brackenfield Road 
Thornfield Road Northfield Road Salters Road Yetlington Drive
Three dog-walkers and a walking jogger
A blackbird picks over leaves underneath the bushes
Behind me a dunnock sings

inner northeast 4 minutes
The Drive West Avenue Moorfield Moor Road South
Roadworks stop/start the traffic
A steady drift of people       from the coffee van
Rooftops of moss-grown tiles
A cupola     pagoda style      with a weathervane
A blackbird flies across the road

I hope that you continue to stay well.

I have created a new way of experiencing “Walking to the sounds of Contencion Island” at

https://aporee.org/maps/projects/soundsofcontencionisland

This is a sound map. If you are interested in location this allows you to **see the place** where the sound recording was made – though the satellite map seems to be persistently sunny which is very definitely not how it has been whilst recording – so listener beware!

There is a description of the work and the recordings can be played from the map (by clicking on the red dots) or from the list below the text in the left-hand panel.

A health warning – the software is designed to be accessed using a computer, rather than a tablet or a phone. It will run on **some** tablets but whilst I have been exploring, it has been a bit variable.

Next step is to try for an interactive version that you can load onto your phone and experience by walking around!

Take care,

north inner 16 minutes
The Poplars High Street The Grove Grove Avenue
Twilight moving towards dawn
Closed curtains block out street lights
South wind blows traffic noise
A robin starts to sing

southwest inner 3 minutes
The Drive Moor Place Woodlands Oaklands
Moss dots the pitted tarmac  among the alleyway leaf litter
A single Blue Tit   and the distant calls of Jackdaws
A blackbird materialises atop a mahonia        drops into the 
 next garden
Five skeins of pinkfeet        about 150 birds   fly north calling

west outer 4 minutes
The Drive Westfield Drive Oakfield Road Kenton Road Elmfield Road
The road bounded by utility services roadworks     traffic stops 
 and starts
A boy on his bike       pedalling along in his superhero wellies
A man walks with two poles           a woman runs by

southeast inner 13 minutes
The Drive High Street Moorfield
In the warm wind the snow is melting fast
A sense of release from the cold     a first glimpse of spring

southwest inner 16 minutes
The Drive Westfield Drive Fernville Road Park Villas
Road noise drifted in on the wind
Little moves in the cold-gripped cul-de-sac