I decided late in the afternoon to head out for a walk around a local nature reserve. An impressive murmation of Starlings can often be seen there in winter. The site is a reclaimed open caste coal mine, close to towns and cities. We waited but the starlings on this occasion went elsewhere to sleep. It was though lovely on the last day of the year to sit in nature and watch the sun set. What a wonderful waste of time!
I'm not a fan of New Years Eve but this one turned out OK. I saw the sun come up while out with my dogs on the Vale of York. Later I watched it go down over the River Aire near Castleford. On this second occasion I had been visiting a local nature reserve.
I walked back to my car along a wooded, watery area called Lin Dyke. By now it was pitch dark and I hoped to hear record some sounds of the night. A firework display in the nearby village was all I managed  and solitary rockets going off in the nearby town.
(My first ten podcasts are soundbites of what was happening around me. There is no speech, it was during a period when I first began making recordings on my walks).