A Sound Journey Along Scotland's National Trail with Musician Jenny Sturgeon

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In 2023, Musician and Sound Artist Jenny Sturgeon spent 37 days walking the 864 km trail from Kirk Yetholm in the Borders to Cape Wrath in the North West Highlands. Along the way, she recorded sounds and wrote about her journey which have been mixed together for this podcast to produce an immersive and inspiring piece.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	He tells her that she will be sent to France as a secret agent, and if she's caught, she's going to be shot.
0:09.3	I'm Helen Obalam Carter, and this is history's secret heroes, where I shine a light on extraordinary stories from World War II.
0:17.6	What they wanted was someone to get themselves arrested and sent to Auschwitz.
0:22.0	Tales of deception, an incredible acts of resistance and courage.
0:26.3	She was a born soldier.
0:27.4	She's a freedom fighter in its widest sense.
0:29.9	The brand new series of History's secret heroes.
0:32.8	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:35.6	This Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.
0:45.1	Hello, I'm Jenny Sturgeon.
0:47.2	I'm a Scottish singer-songwriter and sound artist, and I love walking.
0:51.9	Last year, I set off on an 864 kilometre
0:56.2	through Scotland, from Kirk Yetam near the border with England to Cape Rath
1:01.0	Lighthouse at the far north-west of Scotland's mainland. Recording a sound diary
1:07.2	every day en route, I captured snippets of this journey through Scotland from the sound of
1:12.7	osprey chicks begging for food and the afternoon call of short-eared owls to mountain
1:18.1	bikers speeding downhill along the southern upland way and heavy downpours on the tent
1:23.5	canvas this collection of located sound recordings captures Scotland as a snapshot of unique
1:30.7	two to three minute pieces, with the time of each recording corresponding to the number of
1:35.5	kilometres I walk that day. Each track is named for the What Three Words location where it was
1:41.5	recorded. What Three Words have divided the world into
1:45.2	three metres squares, which are identified by a unique combination of three words, making it easy
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -199 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.