‘You said go slow … time after time’

A Community Walk on Friday February 23rd

Walk: 4-5.30pm, drinks and discussion: 5.30-6.30pm

Eventbrite link to book your place on this walk – it is free (though you are welcome to make a small donation of £2 which will go towards the cost of the room hire if you like)

Everyone and their dogs are welcome!

Starting and ending at the Granton:hub, Madelvic House, Granton Park Avenue, EH5 1HS

A Granton Boundary walk was made in the Autumn of 2023, in advance of the opening of the Walking Like a Tortoise exhibition at the Granton:hub. It invited people to walk slowly together with a paper map, and annotate that map with places of interest (objects passed, thoughts thought, feelings felt, sites appreciated or not). We meandered, responding to participant’s interest, to their prior knowledge of the area, and to our whim. This might happen again! It was followed by a standing-up discussion and sharing of maps outside the building.

I propose a (repeat) Midwinter walk around the same edgeland, as the evenings lighten, and I invite those who still have their maps to bring them and make comparisons. I will bring the ones I was given after the original walk and hand them back to you for the purpose.

This time, after a brief introduction, we will walk together and have the opportunity to chat about borders and territories.

The immediate area around Madelvic House has changed considerably, as has the Gasholder (now partially wrapped up) and the harbour, and therefore the new maps created will be likely to chart those changes, together with that of the seasons, and the alterations in us and the environment during the past quarter year.

You are welcome, whether you were there before or not.

Afterwards we will go inside the Granton:hub for drinks and snacks to discuss in the warm.

This will be an inclusive walk, so we will pace ourselves accordingly. It will mostly be on pavements. Please wear suitable clothing for the weather and bring water with you.

This event celebrates the Festival of Terminalia, an annual one-day celebration of walking, space, place and psychogeography.

Tamsin Grainger is a wanderer and psychogeographer. She has nomadic habits and is very often found in the marginal areas around her Granton home. She is a qualified walk leader with Paths for All, Scotland, and likes to perambulate with Ageing Well group who belong to Victoria Park in Edinburgh. She has been writing, walking and making art about boundaries for quite a few years now, and her work can be found here: https://www.tamsingrainger.com/art

and here: https://walkingwithoutadonkey.com/2023/02/23/the-granton-boundary/

Tamsin will be making a short video based on this event and last year’s as part of Kel Portman’s A Provocation.

Eventbrite link to book your place on this walk – it is free (though you are welcome to make a small donation of £2 which will go towards the cost of the room hire if you like)