Mystery Sound

Normally, first thing in the morning (and before the big shops open at eight), the city's open spaces are used by the locals for their morning exercise - from badminton to Tai Chi.

The Tai Chi groups often provide their own soundtracks, played on accompanying portable CD players, and playing gentle traditional folk music. If one stands in the right place it is possible to hear all these recordings blend into one pentatonic blur.

Because of the heavy rain this morning the centre square it was not filled as normal with people using the space, and so other sounds were apparent that are so quiet they are normally disguised by the background ambient noise. One sound in particular caught my interest: a sort of distant fanfare played twice at 7:10am, and then again at 7:30am. So far, everyone I have asked doesn't know what the sound could be, but I am sure I will eventually find out....