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Dan Sumption's avatar

Fabulous stuff! Weirdly, I have increasingly found myself singing, initially to sheep and cattle, but increasingly to the landscape, when I walk. It... does something. I really should try to make some walks in silence though (I annoyed myself yesterday by listening to podcasts as I headed up the fell - I knew I shouldn't have, but I couldn't stop myself).

We have barn owls living by us - if I open the front door at 5am, one will often fly out of the barn. Also bog owls (AKA short-eared owls) and, although I've yet to see one, little owls. And my greatest reward from silent-ish walk this autumn was to encounter a HUGE adder basking in the long grass. Do pay us a visit if you're ever up this way - we're about an hour's drive north of Swaledale.

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Jeremy Hill's avatar

Excellent advice in this over-noisy world.

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