Welcome to the Fern podcast as the season turns.

I'm Leah Lander's, author of The Almanac, a seasonal guide, and I'm delighted to introduce our found sound for January, created by Alice Boyd.

Alice Boyd is a musician and sound artist who has spent the past year developing her field

recording practice on as the season turns.

This winter, she visited Dartmoor, where she created an immersive sound walk for our listeners.

Following the seasons is such a grounding practice, connecting us back to nature and the rhythms our ancestors have always followed.

This found sound was conceived by Fern as a way of helping you feel part of nature wherever you are, whether in the

city or countryside, in Britain or further afield. We hope it helps you travel in your mind,

discovering a wild place beyond the rush of the every day. This episode will last a little over five minutes. You may wish to pause the podcast here for a moment, while you find somewhere warm and quiet to close your eyes, sit back and settle down into this month's found sound. Found Sound It's a windy day in Dartmoor.

I'm staying in a small 17th century cottage near Chagford on the homestead of farmers Luke and Caroline.

Caroline and I have lived here for approximately three years.

I've grown up here and have a business here.

All my friends are here and that is what is the beauty of this place.

You come back because you're drawn back to the more, I think.

Myself on the other hand have considered a blow-in so a blow-in is classified

by somebody who's blown in on the wind

and then blown out on the opposite wind when they've had enough

the sky is slate grey

and it's very tempting to spend the day inside,

but I'm here for the more.

It's time to venture outdoors.

I'm gonna' I think the first thing you've noticed, it's the rugged beauty of that space

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