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Petra Barran

Petra Barran

Pavement pounder(United Kingdom)
I’m a pavement pounder and juice seeker, and my life and career has been driven by a love of people and following my gut. From sailing the seas as a stewardess on superyachts to exploring the UK in my choc-mobile; geeking out on cities via a masters in Urban Studies to creating the UK’s first street food collective. I founded street food organisation, KERB, in 2012 and stepped away in 2023, following this pull to get get my feet on the ground and tune into the pulse of places. My podcast, Lowlines, is the start of building a place to explore this more.
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lonning, lonnin

Cumbrian dialect term for ‘lane’ – but a quite specific lane. Lonnings are usually about half a mile long, low level and often with a farm at the end. Many have specific names known only to the local villagers. Hence, Bluebottle Lonning, Lovers Lonning, Fat Lonning, Thin Lonning, Squeezy Gut Lonning or Dynamite Lonning. In the north-east the spelling is lonnin and seems to refer more to an alley than a country lane. The Scottish equivalent is ‘loan’.

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