Concept

This album is a story, in musical form, of what an imaginary mayfly sees and feels in her day’s life on the riverbank from when she first touches Soft Spring Rain at the beginning of her life at Sunrise onto the Mayfly experiencing her first smile when meeting with a Water Sprite and then following a Paper Boat Journey down a gentle stream into a restless river and back into the safety of a quiet stream.

The mayfly continues her flight by dancing and laughing when she meets the Coracle Man as he rows across the estuary and then later she is attracted to the protection of the old, wise Waterwheel with his tireless, hypnotic perpetual motion.

Hearing in the distance the melodic church bells ringing, the mayfly flutters by the side of The Village into the warmth of the sun on The Meadow. Time for a long earned rest as she basks in the sunshine and listens to the many different sounds of the countryside, she is happy and contented.

Knowing to herself that she has not much time left, the mayfly decides to move on to Pastures New to make the most of her life as she realises that her 'golden years' are from the moment she was born, not sometime later in the day.

Seeing the brightness of the sky slowly turn to dusk, the Sunset brings the day to a close and, with her Final Flight, the mayfly hears the sound of walking on the tow path, she turns to see two loving swans in the distance, she smiles, closes her eyes and realises her Swan Song. Memories last longer than dreams...