The sound of skating at Bowness Lagoon

I took the geophone to the Bowness Lagoon this afternoon to see if the ice there made any sound, but I think it’s frozen solid since it was completely quiet. I had also brought an ORTF mic set-up (a pair of Russian Oktava cards borrowed from EMMEDIA) and I placed them on the ice and started recording the skating instead. I could hear the strides of skaters at the other end of the rink, and the close stuff made for a great stereo image. Also met some friendly skaters, Jennifer and her son Robel (sorry, guessing at the spelling) who skated circles around me for stereo effect, and snapped a cel photo of me on the ice – thanks. I hope to post a link here before too long to whatever happens to the recordings.