Another new video
On Thursday I went to Stow-on-the-Wold. The highest village in the Cotswolds at 250 metres asl, and a very old settlement, though what we see now is largely 18th century and later – it thrived on the wool trade and one of the most visible results of that is the narrow passages into the market place, which were used to drive sheep down – as they had to go single file they could be counted as they came out. I wonder if ‘counting sheep’ is based on that? But now it’s just cars that get driven in Stow – the town council seems to have no desire to keep the private car out of the town centre, which is a shame. As a result it feels crowded and the amount of background noise in the video was considerable.
I put two of my own musical compositions to the video – although later modified one of them (the second one) as I wasn’t happy with part of it.
Anyway, welcome to the Sheep Streets (that’s a pun on the Wonder Stuff’s 1991 record “Welcome to the Cheap Seats” if you don’t recognise it).