On Saturday the 9th of April I visited Glen Finglas again with the idea to walk the same route as the previous day but this time to concentrate on collecting sound recordings that reflected the natural objects and environments that I found captivating during my last visit. I gathered about 30 minutes of recordings with one of my favourites being a burn or stream as it moves underground.
I also learned about a plantation of trees that was planted in the 1990’s by Royal Mail workers. I am keen to expand on this through sound – to combine recordings of postal activities such as a postal sorting office with natural soundscapes from the plantation and possibly some spoken word as well.
Additionally, one of the volunteers is interested to write about the art critic John Ruskin who visited the area in the 19th century. The artist John Everett Millais completed a portrait of Ruskin with a waterfall from Glen Finglas framing his portrait between 1853 and 1854.
