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It all seems to have started up north A big thanks to Debby H. for sharing an update from her north London garden! While we sowed ours directly outside this year and are still waiting for them to pop up, Debby’s cosmos are already star…

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Then on Monday 27th April (and repeated on May 4th) at 20:00 UTC on 3975 kHz/6160 kHz, we have a new Monday evening slot with a special called "Skybird Soul on Shortwave". Expect all sorts of great soul tunes from old to new, soul classics and lots of "one's that got away".

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Next weekend on Imaginary Stations WWLS "We Love Shortwave". It's a show all about shortwave radio! Standby for sounds of the shortwave, music containing shortwave samples and a live debut of Twelve Mega Hurts, the ham radio choir from Cleveland (*subject to availability and atmospheric conditions).

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Gardening with a Violet Gown (on) Cheers to our good friend Justin Patrick Moore for sending us this musical recommendation by The Lost called Violet Gown and it’s a wonderful tune! The tune sounds like something that should …

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Gardening all over the world (as Status Quo may have sang) Thanks to our Downbeat on Shortwave collaborator and gardening friend Jesse Yuen who was out and about in his garden in Perth last weekend and sent us some pictures. (Top Picture) “It’s about 4.30p…

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Getting ahead of it all Of late we’ve had some lovely days and then days of greyness and a little rain. Even if we don’t, the garden likes it and is starting to bolt ahead. The clematis which has taken a few y…

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More numbers station business We tapped in “Soulful Electronica” into the search engine on Bandcamp this evening and guess what came up as an example of the genre? The seminal Conet Project put together by Akin Fern…

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Waiting in the (roots) garden The Rhythm Doctor’s Waiting Room on IDA radio is a wonderful mix up business of a Monday morning radio show and as you know, we love it here. This week’s show is a bit of a first, and f…

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In usual cases we are not keen on the dentist Here’s a nice warped sounding (like when you get a off-centre jamaican pressing from the days of old) 80 bpm tune from Dentist called Kiss to warm you up for a day where it may be 20 degrees …

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In north London the gardens are certainly waking up Great to hear from Debby H in north London for letting us know how her garden is at this time of the year. She said, ” I have now planted the cosmos in the back garden (above), and we have hu…

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Owen Owen Building, Coventry - Wikipedia

God, I forgot about that place! Remember there? It's a Primark now!

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Imaginary Stations brings you yet another episode of CLOK, a radio tribute to that popular concept that we call time on Saturday 11th April and on Sunday 15th April via the services of Shortwave Gold.

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Dave didn’t get in the way Good to hear from Mike & Julia, just outside the parish of Coventry for getting in touch again. Mike mentioned that they had a bit of trouble from Storm Dave up there the other day too, “…

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Dave visited Bristol too We also had a report from Kit, G5KIT from Bristol who was telling us that “Storm Dave is definitely making his presence felt, and it’s just been too windy to do anything other than see …

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The day after Dave came Cheers to Rich in the Lake District for another lovely picture from his front garden (possibly a contender for our nicest view from a front garden award). He told us yesterday “It’s a fairly …

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We love interval signals Further to our last post about interval signals, cheers to our mate John F for sending this interval signal over on Facebook from Radio Tirana, Albania (above). Simple but effective like all the be…

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It only takes a minute Reading the latest article on SWLing Post here about BBC interval signals, it reminded us of the wonderfully simple and direct “B–B–C” in the tonic scale used on shortwave for the BBC World Service…

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Before Dave came Yesterday was a lovely day. We started on the garden early, around 7:30am, when it was still grey and a little cold but as the hours passed, the weather gradually improved. After lunch, the grass w…

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Northern beaches and birds Many thanks to Rich in the Lake District for sharing a couple of photos he took from his recent break in South West Scotland, where he visited Gatehouse of Fleet, Portpatrick, and the South Ayrshir…

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on a wildlife tip… While we were sitting on the garden decking around 5:45pm this evening, enjoying the sunset, a fox strolled in as bold as brass up by the pond and joined us to watch the view. Behind is last year&#…

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Sprouting spuds in the springtime Joe Maiden (RIP) used to say that Good Friday was the ideal time to plant potatoes. Meanwhile, Spike from Morschen43 in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, plants his around April 10th and if all goes well, t…

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Spring mix alert, spring mix alert Cheers to our good mate WillJeff (LWSTD FM) for letting us know about a mix he has just put up on his mixcloud. It is in the music for walking series (well that’s what we’ve just…

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Work little and often (before the weather changes again) It wasn’t too bad here earlier this afternoon, so tidied up the bed by the garage (above) and stuck in some seeds from the Kew Garden flower collection we were given as a xmas present. There …

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Blimmin eck Rich!

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(Is there) a change on its way? It was pretty cold here this afternoon when we walked (swiftly) bringing a few tea bags down to the compost heap. The protective plastic on the raised beds weren’t taken off earlier either as…

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News from ‘om The other day we saw a great space saving device on Facebook; someone had put their seed trays on a shoe rack. Unfortunately, we haven’t got a shoe rack on hand, and the kitchen window is wel…

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A report from France A big thanks to Spike from Morschen43 for sharing more photos of his garden in Le Puy-en-Velay, France. As you can see, looking at the pictures (aboove and below), a hell of a lot work has been don…

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A report from north London We’ve heard from Debby H in North London whose sent us an update of some pictures from her garden. The first is of her pear tree (above) and as she said, “It seems that the winter wash …

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Shirt off, no nonsense DJ business Visit the post for more.

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Northern lights and lakes Big thanks to Rich in the Lake District for sending us this great pic of the Northern Lights up there this weekend. How good is that? Cheers Rich!

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