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Radio 4,18 Aug 2016,14 mins

4. The Tay

The River

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For many years writer and essayist Kathleen Jamie climbed the steep hill near her home and looked out across the view 鈥淵ou have a hawk's eye view of the Tay as it makes its entrance, curving round the hills upstream, to accept the waters of the river Earn and at once becomes estuarial鈥� For many years this was her relationship with the River. This changes when when some Bronze Age swords and a wooden boat are dredged out of the River and she decides to venture out onto the river in a kayak 鈥淪uddenly, it wasn't enough to look from the side-lines. I wanted to participate, to get a sense for this majestic river as pre-historic people would.鈥� One of five illustrated talks by different writers on the theme of the river. Additional sound recordings by Chris Watson Producer: Sarah Blunt First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in August 2016.

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