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
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