Gushy, but for me, for now, it's the sound of my 11 month old's breathing as he sleeps. It's truly mesmerising.
Bath farts.
Silence
A trickling stream in a pine forest. Sound and smell all in one hit.
Both of my daughters laughing together.
Silence when the kids go to sleep
Summers day, on the cornish beach at sunset, waves still crashing and the crack of a beer can being opened. That's how I envisage this year's trip as we have a cottage near the beach so no driving 😉
Snipe 'drumming', especially because you only hear it in the evenings in remote places, so you're probably out camping, bonus! 8)
Close second is Curlew calling, for much the same reasons.
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When the dog barks in his sleep. More of a wheezy squeaky sound but it's so sweet!
My kids whining and bickering at full volume at the crack of chuffing dawn on a Saturday morning 😐
+1 for sleeping children and waves.
I also love the sound of ducks landing on water.
When you fart in the shower and it sounds like a duck quack. Well funny.
Bird song and river lying in bed, like now. Enjoying it before Jimmyjnr arrives in 10 weeks.
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The muffled sound in the morning following a heavy fall of fresh snow.
My little boy giggling.
Tyres scrabbling for grip in a hard carved turn.
Children laughing, anyone's kids really, but esp mine.
And, the sound of my camper van sliding door - it means we ar out having fun somewhere.
Skylarks.
In bed listening to the hushed sound of a distant train, liked it since I was a kid...
Fresh high quality tyres on super smooth tarmact.
The subtle rustle of silk landing on the floor 😉
The postman knocking on my door with bike bits to big for the letter box.
Lakeland slate under the wheels of the bike. It always says welcome back to the Lakes for me.
That or the sound of the next shift coming through the door 15 mins before the shifts ends
Jekkyl wins it for me 😀
The sound of boots in deep snow.
The first cap from a case of cold beer at the end of a long hot day.
The dawn chorus
The squeak of snow
The sound of someone pouring a brew
Heavy rain on a Velux window.
First skylark of the year.
Heavy rain on a Velux window.
Or a tin roof - that overwhelming swell and rumble that sounds like the world is ending. Awesome!
Owls hooting, the ones in the middle of mayhem last year made my night.
Both of my daughters laughing together
Ditto, then maybe a quiet spot up a hill after a long climb, has to have an accompanying view for the full effect.
And possibly the FH buzz/clatter/clatter/scuff, sounds of the descent after..
The sound of skis through fresh powder when there's no one around.
Slap noise of a wakeboard landing from height.
The cats growling with pleasure when you give them a treat.
The sound of one hand clapping.
Monsoon rain with the wind.
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The most mesmerising sound I've ever heard was a massive salt water croc snapping it's jaws shut - it's not like you expect it to sound like, it's a bit like two massive cricket bats being hit together really hard, it's VERY loud too.
I was at Austrialia Zoo and it was leaping out of the water at a bit of chicken on a string.
One of the most mind blowing things I've ever witnessed.
Worst sound? Car crashes easy, even small ones (crashes not car park taps) are a million times louder than you think they should be and hard to explain the sound if you've not witnessed it.
Oh I nearly forgot - the funniest sound is a clip on YT of a huge policeman being tasered, he makes a really girly Eeeeeeeeee noise.
Birdsong
A cat purring
The crack of leather on willow
The crunch of mtb tyres through snow to semi-frozen mud
A football hitting the back of the net
That hollow kind of sound that tyres make on peaty moorland trails on the rare occasion that they're dry enough to get any kind of speed on them.
The buzzzzz of a Chris King hub on a fast decent.
The whirr of a cable car cable and the clunk, clunk, clunck noise as it goes over the wheels on one of the masts.
A football hitting the back of the net
Good call, but not if you're a keeper, as I was 🙂
Coming back from a walk with very wet dogs. You throw a towel over them to dry them. There's a particular growl they have when you rub them.
Then their scrambled eggs. The sound of them chomping their breakfast with the occasional clink of tag on bowl.
The sounds of happy dogs.
Throwing a stone along a frozen lake.
the rumble of a tioga disk drive
Clicking into or out of an SPD
the opening chords of a classic punk song on 6 music when youre not expecting it.
sad? clues in the name, clues in the name 😀
The sound your fingers make when you drag them over the guitar strings.
And my daughter sleeping.
A lapwing or a curlew on the moors.
Or a top fueller.
That "[i]thunk thunk[/i]" sound, that car tyres make going over those expansion joints on bridges.
Light highland summer nights sleeping with the windows open and the sound of oyster catchers 'calling the distances'
Side 3 of Electric Ladyland at wife-absent volumes.
I have left the Coogee Bay Hotel and am walking on the beach with a girl I have just met. The waves break hissing on the sand, it starts to rain.
I do like the sound of a quality car door shutting gently. Porsche, BMW, AUDI, Jag. Absolutely lovely.
But my top sound is leaves under bike tyres. That crispy crunch is unique and tells you winter is on its way. Beautiful.
I do love the sound of a squadron of Canada Geese gobbing off as they fly. Always makes me smile.
My absolute favourite is my little boy cracking up, especially when he snorts.
The sound of the owls when I leave my window open or the beginning of wish you were here(that synth build up thing) or maybe the sound of my tyres when im really on form and flying between the trees(kind of imagine in in that star wars film,dont know which one I,m not a fan:)) or maybe the start of a million songs ,really dislike the sound of the wind now though,used to like it but now my legs are a bit fed up of pedalling against it:)
Class 37 climbing the hill at helensburgh on West Highland Line. And running down the tunnel at the station with the corrogated iron roof has a great multi slapback accoustic.
The (non) sound of thick snow and no wind. And then that creaking noise as you walk on the freshfall.
Tawny owls
Blackbird evensong
Children laughing
Buzzards mewing
Rain lashing the windows
Lawnmowers buzzing in the distance
Mast-rigging clanking in the harbour
Mountain streams and sheep
Our dog snoring
(Haven't we done this before?)
Roland 808 kick drum
Didn't realise how many girls we have here on STW! 😉
For me it's simply silence. Would've been something else before having kids though I'm sure 😉
Does anyone actually enjoy the sound of adult voices? There are mentions of our children laughing, snoring, bickering etc - yet it strikes me that most preferred sounds seem to be *not* other adults talking? I may be wrong, but adult voices being (I suppose) the most common sound most of us hear on any given day, then anything else is relief? It may be for me, but there are exceptions. Which reminds me:
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Lying on the beach just as the sun's going down and everyone has left, listening to the waves, birds, and the faint noise of civilisation in the distance.
Also the stillness after a good snow fall
On the other hand, a Ferrari flat 12 at full throttle
Spifire Merlin engine.
Bovington Tiger tank Maybach engine.
Leopard 1 MTU engine.
A goldfinch singing from the highest point of our sycamore.
So beautifully mellifluous.
The cries of my vanquished foes.
Just remembered. As a student in hall of residence in Sheffield waking up on a Sunday to the sound of Ranmoor church bells.
Oh and the scream on "Careful with that Axe, Eugene", live in Sheffield City Hall.
My elderly dog snoring gently next to me now is pretty comforting. The sound of someone in the distance really opening up a performance motorbike always makes me smile. An acoustic guitar being played around a beach fire.
That ping sound MTB tyres sometimes make as small things fly out from under them.
Birdsong - curlews, robins, thrushes or larks depending on when and where I am.
And the special sound of appreciation from a lady friend.
Snipe 'drumming', especially because you only hear it in the evenings in remote places, so you're probably out camping, bonus!Close second is Curlew calling, for much the same reasons.
Didn't know what the drumming was that we heard on South Uist till I described it to the warden at Banranald.
Love the sound of the Curlew as well as the Corncrake, which we heard loads of times on Uist.
Wow, snipe drumming sounds like part of a horror film soundtrack:
My 16 month old daughters giggle. Sadly I don't get to hear it anymore.
Spifire Merlin engine.
^ 🙂 Yes that. Remember visiting Duxford museum for the first time and witnessing an unannounced low pass of a lone Spit, flew around the main hangar, banked and then climbed - brrrrr.
The wife shouting "YesYesYes push a bit harder keep going yes nearly there" - as I bump start her car in the morning.
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Honestly, no internal combustion engine on earth sounds as good.
A Vulcan fly-by or, one for the machinists out there, the sound of my machines hitting 12,000RPM then the cutter hitting the aluminium @ 6-8,000mm/min.
Pretty sad but, on some jobs, I can tell how far through it is by the sound of the spindle/cutting tool 😳