Reflections of a Curlew: kite surfers

Showing posts with label kite surfers. Show all posts

Monday, 16 November 2009

Stormy November

From New Album 06/05/2009 08:13

The storms at the weekend left the welsh beaches pounded by huge waves. Kite surfers were out in force near Aberystwyth.

Why a Curlew?

I love curlew, they have the most beautiful, haunting call, inhabit that wild hinterland between land and sea and manage to look comical and lovely at the same time. They are also associated with an ancient celtic saint. Legend has it that St Beuno was sailing off the coast of Wales and dropped his book of sermons into the water. A curlew flew down, scooped up the book and took it to the shore to keep it safe. From then on St Beuno blessed all curlew and said they should be protected for ever, hence their nests are really difficult to find.

I wrote an article for The Tablet called Call of the Curlew, it was published in 2006.

Reflections of a Curlew

Monday, 16 November 2009

Stormy November

Bristol

Curlew Calls Twitter

Twitter Updates