I haven't been recording a whole lot since I got back from South Africa last year. Studio work has been taking up a lot of my time, split between working on video games and editing the Southern African Ambience library together with Daan Hendriks. I'm also planning a couple of month-long field recording trips (which I very much look forward to) but there are lots of details I need to figure out so more on this later.

Until then I want to share a recording I did earlier this year early on a Sunday morning. Me and my girlfriend drove to the nearby town of Southend-on-Sea and walked the ~2km of the Southend Pier. The pier is serviced by two quaint little Diesel-powered passenger trains which I wanted to record for a long time. Every time I was there there were loads of people around though so I hadn't managed to get a decent recording.