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Folk on Foot

Amy-Jane Beer and Cynefin along the River Clettwr

Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister

Music Interviews, Performing Arts, Music, Nature, Arts, Science

4.8526 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Why do rivers play such a vital role in our lives, culture and folklore? In this glorious episode, the nature writer Amy-Jane Beer, author of “The Flow”, joins the Welsh singer and songwriter Owen Shiers (also known as Cynefin) on a walk up the beautiful River Clettwr in Ceredigion. There are songs and stories aplenty and even a game of Pooh sticks.

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Find out more about Cynefin at https://cynefinmusic.wales/

Get hold of Amy's book at https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781472977397?gC=5a105e8b


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0:00.0

Thank you for downloading this episode of Folk on Foot.

0:03.8

Before we start, I just wanted to share a brief message.

0:07.3

If you like what we do, we really need your support to keep going.

0:11.6

You can join our wonderful band of members and you'll get great rewards.

0:15.8

These include access to our amazing Folk on Foot on Film archive

0:20.2

of hundreds of songs shot on location on

0:23.1

our travels around the UK and Ireland. To sign up, just go to folkonfoot.com slash support

0:29.5

us. You'll also get an ad-free version of all our episodes and an email postcard from me

0:34.8

each time we go on a walk. If you just want the ad-free version, it'll cost you £3 a month,

0:40.6

and you can get it through your Apple podcast app or at folkonfoot.com slash support us.

0:47.2

Finally, if you don't want to make a regular commitment,

0:50.2

but do want to show how much you love us, you can simply buy us a coffee.

0:54.9

You can also do that at folkonfoot.com slash support us.

0:59.7

Every penny we get goes back into making more episodes of folk on foot.

1:04.3

So thank you and enjoy the walk.

1:09.2

I can hear a buzzard in the background.

1:11.7

We're in Keridigian, the County of Wales,

1:14.8

and we're here to explore the subject of rivers,

1:17.8

with the nature writer Dr Amy Jane Beer,

1:20.3

whose latest book is called Flow,

1:22.4

and details her exploration of rivers around the UK.

1:25.9

And with the Welsh musician Owen Shires, who lives here by this very river.

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