Tuesday 28th April
06:25 - 07:12, wind NW 1 gusting 2, temp 1C (feels like 1) The clash of models - the economy versus heath - is a straw man to the nortH east clockwise a dairyman consults his phonE don twarr is signed in A window candles of laureL scent the road headstones blurred by Time wind and weatHer slow warmth in the sunshIne collared dove callS at the back of the cemetery a dawn frost carpets down to the Wall stonEs stand in lost corners a chiffchAff sings the Long and winding road a dusTbin is papered with flowers bassett hound labradoodle and the lurcHer palatinate
Wednesday 29th April
06:29 - 07:13, wind E 1 gusting 2, temp 6C (feels like 6) There is a to and fro of enthusiasm for wearing face masks in public - “not very effective” versus “what harm can it do?” off To the west coast mailbOx grey-greened with moss and lichen a bin-wagon returns for a Missed-bin last yeAr’s flowers brown the buddleia waves of Sound lap along the western shore roman doric marKs a garden pavier and gravel gardens fOr cars a lost hat placed on a gaRden wall a bricked-iN gateway the slug trails tO the top of the wall pass The sparrow colony the walled Triangle full of maple seedlings chalked bricks and a shrek swamp On the pavement gable end picked out in creaM bricks wooden gates let onto A cobbled yard NHS Staff priority at the bank a dunnocK’s song at the turn into the alley
Thursday 30th April
07:04 - 07:47, wind S 2 gusting 4, temp 8C (feels like 6) There is speculation about whether the government will meet today’s target for the number of daily tests staying in The mid-land step off to avoid thE weeping willow roosting pigeons Splatter the pavement a builder reTurning to work over a wall Is a back-of-garden rubbish heap discarded bottles disappear uNder weeds three starlings foraGe behind the church a crow inspects The gutter cross the chAnnel of sound a black cat passes a bentley at numbeR one the roofline Goes up in steps north to south the enduring allurE of allotments a deep red maple Tops the wall back across the Sound
Friday 1st May
06:20 - 07:01, wind W 2 gusting 3, temp 7C (feels like 5) The virus reproduction rate (r) needs to be kept below one to halt the pandemic along the shore of south hAven a mistle thrush pale oN the grass over the fence neat Rows of potatoes step through the stream Of sounds a verge oF sweet cicely bluebell and dead nettle a bLackcap flies up into the sycamore trolls guard an allEyway gate pigeonS display at the roadside rosebay willow herb growS under the eaves boutique cloThing home delivery available military general as rHinoceros a spaniel runs Amongst the cows I straiN to hear the lark’s song the squeak-clang Of gates an alder grows feNced against the cows scattered feathErs mark a kill
Saturday 2nd May
04:36 - 05:18, wind W 3 gusting 4, temp 7C (feels like 5) There is scepticism about the government claim to have met its ‘100,000 tests a day by the end of April’ target to the wesT coast through a dawn chorus in civil twilight the streEts are empty rolling waves of blackbird Song sweep by from far off the fainT shush of traffic a siren sings beneath an aIrcraft’s roar a scooter droNes by sparrows cheepinG and blackbird silhouettes’ blue tit sings in the gaThering dawn through the tIght sounds of a narrow canyon walk into the teMpo of a chaffinch song pigeons call as sunrisE approaches four minutes to Sunup
Sunday 3rd May
04:19 - 05:04, wind NE 1 gusting 2, temp 7C (feels like 7) An NHS doctor writes of government ‘lauding heroes’ whist watching them die without PPE around the soutH haven a basement hum frOm a block of flats lights in the Windows of an early riser over the dene the blackbirD sing amongst three blackbirds A wren trills tilled rows lie still in the gatheRing dawn the crow’s call echoEs around the streets the exuberant blasT of a wren song ecHoes along the terraces amongst the blackbirds a singlE song thrush sings the streetlight goes off as daY approaches
Monday 4th May
06:42 - 07:28, wind NE 2 gusting 3, temp 8C (feels like 8) A report on plans for coming out of lockdown is leaked to the BBC as Downing Street plays catch up over the membership and deliberations of SAGE to the eastern peninsuLa cross thE main sound along the gArdens a small monKey puzzle tree grows in a front garden a holly tree dome on a Stick pass through a Pulse of vehicles step into the green quIet ivy truNks sawn at the tree’s base pass a quarry Dimmed with shrubs the two runners dIstance-pass two ducks Stand on the edge of the weir move along above the burn’S flow a gatehouse roof tilEs missing a blackcap muMble-sings behind a wall along the Beat of the channel of sound the next train at pLatform two is for regent centre in the back-allEy plants grow in bins and buckets