{"id":7090,"date":"2017-01-16T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/?p=7090"},"modified":"2025-07-13T15:12:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T15:12:02","slug":"a-view-from-a-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/?p=7090","title":{"rendered":"A View From A Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/view_from_a_hill-1024x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/view_from_a_hill-1024x171.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/view_from_a_hill-300x50.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/view_from_a_hill-768x128.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/view_from_a_hill.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A-View-from-a-Hill.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/distrokid.com\/hyperfollow\/rickwesthorpe\/the-mick--mary-ep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"202\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/group.jpg\" alt=\"Buy \/ Stream\" class=\"wp-image-7591\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally written for &#8216;The Time Now Standing&#8221; a community theatre production in Exmouth, back in 1995. When I used to work for Exeter and Devon Arts Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were creating story snapshots from our own lives, one of which was of a women who used to walk her dogs on a hill near Exmouth, giving her time to reflect, re-energise and escape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story was worked into the play, with an earlier version of this music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty years later I am living on my own hill and I find the music has returned as I walk my own dog, reflect and re-energise (not escaping though). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hill lies east of Talog, near Carmarthen in West Wales and we look north-west over the village and the Cywyn valley. The music is simpler despite being asked to stand on its own with no words, unlike the earlier version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dedicated to Liz, her dogs, and hill-lovers everywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally written for &#8216;The Time Now Standing&#8221; a community theatre production in Exmouth, back in 1995. When I used to work for Exeter and Devon Arts Center. We were creating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"rishi__cb_customizer_meta":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7090"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7599,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090\/revisions\/7599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}