A Burrough Green Circular Walk in 2010--An audio Pod created using cassette recorder and Photos
Channel: semw52
Date: 13/01/2024

During my early years of family tree research trips (2005-2010) I used a hand held cassette recorder with mini tapes and instamatic cameras.The days before my Sony Video Cameras with excellent viewfinders  and connections to the internet.But all these early cassette tapes are still working and very audible---the instamatic photos with negatives still good quality for copying and sharing--The cassette recorder is small, light and very useful for grave inscriptions and interviews--I used these for my MSc research interviews as well...So these basic tools still extremely useful...However, quite often external artefacts can distort the sound etc.. like humming computers  or noisy tape wheels  on the hand set--these can interfere with the ability of creating  absolute perfect sound so you will hear crackles and other sounds that accompany the  recording--but at the end of the day the tapes are extremely valuable  and capture  Sound & Vision in Space & Time---I visited many places that I may never visit again  so those  moments of discovery 'gold dust'...
The walk starts from Burrough  Green in Cambridgeshire where I walk in the footsteps of the ancestors and tread ground I have never trod before and may never have the chance to do so again--plus I too am getting older---but in 30 years of family tree research I have  saved, shared and recorded a mass, a plethora of  material--all sorts of stuff and felt and breathed the places, the lands of the Ancestors---ancestors  40 years ago I never  knew existed---exciting times folks as more and more  material arrives daily and extended with the DNA contribution as well...Living family contact me daily and  give positive comments about my contribution to our shared family trees.....
After Burrough Green the walk crosses fields and passes woodland once owned and farmed by my Oak ancestors---the church of St Augustine can be seen in the distance and where I visit much later in the walk---the church is recorded by video....Soon I come to  St Peter's of Carlton where in 2006 I found the grave stone of Thomas Oak--the brother of my Great great grandfather Edward Oak--Thomas was also a farmer and buried  at Carlton but over time his  Gravestone was  removed from the grave plot  and now is propped up again the church wall--this was a great find in 2006 when I place a flower by the stone of Thomas...In 2010 I left a note for the church informing them of my connection to Thomas Oak and for the Grave stone to be protected.. I hope to revisit in the near future hopefully--its now 2024..
After Carlton I proceed towards Brinkley St.Mary where I also have  ancestors over the centuries including the Brooks, Isaacsons and Stutevilles...These branches once lived in the large white manor house at Brinkley.....The walk then progresses on its circular mission  back to Burrough Green----a very basic recording saved  for posterity and FT...A wonderful walk embraced by  the beauty of the ancestral countryside---so much history here