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Sound Escape 137: Enter a trance-like state to the song of a cicada in a French garden
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Sound Escape 137: Enter a trance-like state to the song of a cicada in a French garden
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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Oct 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
We’re in the garden in a small village in Picardy in Northern France. The early evening warmth teases sweet scent from the lavender bushes and myrtles while a single cicada plays its eternal silvery zither, drawing down the night.
BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be.
Recorded by Fergus Collins, presented by Hannah Tribe. Image by Getty
Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the countryside – to: editor@countryfile.com
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BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be.
Recorded by Fergus Collins, presented by Hannah Tribe. Image by Getty
Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the countryside – to: editor@countryfile.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Released:
Oct 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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