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Going under the ring road around Oxford

North Way, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX3, UK

A 3-minute field recording by Felicity Ford made in Oxford, United Kingdom on 21 March 2014, in the afternoon. Soundscape: streets & traffic.

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Going under the ring road around Oxford
2:40CC BY-SA 3.0by Felicity FordInternet Archive
2:40

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Recordist's notes

This is the sound of the underpass which travels beneath the busy ring road around Oxford. The underpass is favoured by cyclists who cannot safely cross the insanely busy A road above, and by pedestrians. You can hear the parallel stacks of traffic; the heavy cars and lorries above and the delicate bicycle pings and rattles below. You can also hear the recorder bouncing a bit on me as I walked, and the unsatisfactory clicks of my holding the little Naiant X-X microphones I used in my little woolly mittens. Must make a better/quieter rig for those.

Written by Felicity Ford on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Oxford is a city of about 162,100 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 73 field recordings from here.

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