Episode 6

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Published on:

14th Jun 2022

June Moon - in the Footsteps of Poets

At the end of June 2021 I took off with my friend Mark to West Somerset to walk through the night along the Quantock spine - I felt challenged.

Meeting, eating, planning and a pint put us in the mood to trek. Here is the result with the help of many moon serenading poets, atmospheric music and for the first time a story that took off into the realms of the imagination, whilst remaining firmly footed in our overnight experience. Thanks for the challenge Mark.

Thanks to...

Alfred Noyes, John Milton, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth and Tamany Baker for their poetry

Mark Smalley my nightjar lark companion

Credits

Written and performed by Michael Loader

Music written and performed by Martin Solomon. Himalayan Foothills

Produced by Pommy Harmar

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About the Podcast

Sleeping with the Moon
What does a full moon mean to you? Have you ever slept out under one and watched it rise?

Storyteller Michael Loader has done just that. During the year of 2021, he spent one night a month sleeping out in a bivvi bag under the full moon and each experience inspired him to create a unique piece of writing.

On each full moon during 2022, we will release that story.

Produced by Pommy Harmar
Photo by Alex Andrews from www.pexels.com

About your hosts

Michael Loader

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Michael Loader is a storyteller, writer and workshop leader working with all ages from pre-schoolers to elders. He works with the Read For Good charity in children’s hospitals, director of Somerset Storyfest and storyteller in residence with Wild Words at St George’s concert hall Bristol.

“Michael clearly has storytelling in his soul and his love of people and of engaging the audience in the story is abundantly apparent in all of his wonderful shows”.
National Arboretum Westonbirt

Email: foolworks@yahoo.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Somerset-Storyfest-428942520456383/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCPBIzlPFZQiO4HwRlwMjz4w

Pommy Harmar

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Freelance journalist, radio producer, podcaster and walker, Pommy has been working in radio since 2013. She has produced and hosted podcasts including Footprints, The Quarantini, and Follow The Sun.

Footprints season 2 starts January 2022, a podcast produced for Bathscape exploring inter-generational themes around the landscape surrounding the city of Bath.

"Big, big fan of your podcast. All your topics were relevant and fascinating to me as an older, female solo walker for the first time in the U.K." (Season 1 listener)

Email: pommyharmar@yahoo.co.uk