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Radio 4,02 Jul 2023,14 mins

Exhale by Lara Barbier

Coastlines

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"I fall to the bottom of the tidal pool. Feel my feet touch the grit, the need to breathe already raging in my lungs. I remind myself that the surface is mere feet away. For a moment I stand between stone, water and sky above..." An original short story for radio by Lara Barbier, read by Alex Tregear. A journey of recovery - in search of breath and joy - and a deep dive into Cornish tidal pools. From Pembrokeshire to Penwith, Coastlines is a series of five original short stories for radio, each anchored at a different point along the coast of Wales and South West England. Produced and directed in Bristol by Becky Ripley.

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