Meursault's Walk & Mine (Dad's ashes)

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Join me tonight as I recount a strange and rather unnerving experience that I had just over a week ago, of feeling as if I were walking in the footsteps of Meursault, the main character of one of my favourite books, Albert Camus’ The Outsider.
Please note that this episode contains themes relating to death and cremation.

Journal entry:

25th July, Thursday

“First light of iron and steel.
A mist of rain
On the back of
A wind from the south.

A raven calls from the
Topmost branch of the tallest
Of the convocational oaks.

We both look west
And share this morning light
Of rain and southerly wind.”

Episode Information:

In this episode I read an extract from Albert Camus’ (1942) The Outsider translated by Sandra Smith and published in 2012 by Penguin Classics. I also briefly refer to his The Plague also published by Penguin.
To listen to the episode that I refer to in this podcast: Walking Home (in fading light).

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Allison on the narrowboat Mukka
Derek and Pauline Watts
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Orange Cookie
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Mary Keane.
Tony Rutherford.
Arabella Holzapfel.
Rory with MJ and Kayla.
Narrowboat Precious Jet.
Linda Reynolds Burkins.
Richard Noble.
Carol Ferguson.
Tracie Thomas
Mark and Tricia Stowe
Madeleine Smith

General Details

In the intro and the outro, Saint-Saen's The Swan is performed by Karr and Bernstein (1961) and available on CC at archive.org.
Two-stroke narrowboat engine recorded by 'James2nd' on the River Weaver, Cheshire. Uploaded to Freesound.org on 23rd June 2018. Creative Commons Licence.

Piano and keyboard interludes composed and performed by Helen Ingram.

All other audio recorded on site.

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פרקים

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Journal entry (00:00:44)

3. Welcome to NB Erica (00:01:14)

4. News from the moorings (00:02:21)

5. Cabin chat (00:05:39)

6. Meursault's Walk and Mine (Dad's ashes) (00:09:34)

7. Excerpt from Albert Camus' 'The Outsider' (00:19:57)

8. Signing off (00:43:46)

9. Weather Log (00:43:58)