Once a month since September 2022, artist Lian Bell has done a full circuit of the North and South Circular Roads, observing these 14km through the seasons. Source: The council wasn’t hiring a municipal walker, but she took the job anyway
As Swiss glaciers melt at an ever-faster rate, new species move in and flourish, but entire ecosystems and an alpine culture can be lost Source: ‘Like walking through time’: as glaciers retreat, new worlds are being created in their wake | Glaciers | The Guardian
A new museum in Street, Somerset will open this September to mark 200 years of Clarks, combining heritage preservation with community engagement and education. Source: -Shoemakers Museum to Open in Somerset, Celebrating 200 Years of Clarks’ Social and Industrial Legacy-
The artworks in this exhibition were created in direct response to walks taken in the Derwent Valley during Jane Young’s year-long artist residency at Lockhaugh Farm in Rowlands Gill. Source: “Walking: Mapping Self Through Place” – An exhibition by Jane Young – Gateshead Council
Translated by John HoweBy walking, you escape from the very idea of identity, the temptation to be someone, to have a name and a history … The freedom in walking lies…
Source: A Philosophy of Walking | Frédéric Gros | London Review Bookshop
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slew
A short walk or stroll, as in “I’ll take a slew around the harbour before going to bed.” from the Dictionary of Newfoundland English (University of Toronto Press, 1982).
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Oh hooray – another walking book by a man about the same group of walking men! How about a review of Waymakers https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/way-makers or Windswept https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/reviews/windswept-walking-the-paths-of-trailblazing-women/ for a little balance?
Hi Tamsin, I’m writing a review of Windswept now- has taken me a while – but I loved it. Thanks for the recommendation. Annemarie 🙂
Heheheh. You know you can suggest books for inclusion at the link below, yeah?
https://walklistencreate.org/suggest-a-book/
Way makers already made it onto our bookshelves a while back:
https://walklistencreate.org/book/way-makers-an-anthology-of-womens-writing-about-walking/
I just now aded Windswept:
https://walklistencreate.org/book/windswept/
(Oddly, I only got a notification of your comment seconds before I got a notification of Annemarie’s response.)