Spey Source Field Trip Day 2: B&B in Newtonmore’s hand wash is whiskey & honey. I don’t drink anymore but sitting at breakfast smelling like I did all night. #fieldtrip #river #riverwriting #nature #naturewriting #place #placewriting #spey #don #poetry #longpoem #dycp #developyourcurrentpractice

Totally treacle source of the Don (well, where it’s first named on the map). Is it possible to write about this without comparison? Without imposing? #river #riverwriting #fieldtrip #poetry #naturewriting #placewriting #phenomenology #dowhatyouvalue #dycp #developyourcurrentpractice #donriver #don

Winscar Reservoir. Next ‘step’ up into the watershed source of the Don. What is the rhythm of a place? How can we write it/with/thro it? #river #riverwriting #naturewriting #placewriting #poetry #fieldtrip #phenomenology #dowhatyouvalue #dowhatyoucan #dycp #developyourcurrentpractice #donriver #don

Also delighted to discover this study on river ‘rhythmicity’ besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #hydrology #water #river #riverwriting #placewriting #naturewriting #poetry #whatistherhythmofariver #dycp #developyourcurrentpractice

10 secs of 2 views of ‘the’ source of The Don. Or is it 3? #riverwriting #longpoems #dislocatingtheieye #water #watersheds #hydrology #phenomenology #dycp #developyourcurrentpractice #fieldtrip

Did I just get so excited testing a hydrophone in the sink I nearly let it flow over? Will I go stick it in the frog bucket now? #hydrology #water #river #riverwriting #placewriting #naturewriting #poetry #whatisthethythmofariver #dycp #developyourcurrentpractice