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From March 13 through March 22, writer Kevin Varrone will be leading an online discussion group about walking. He believes that because walking is slow, it is like the mind at its best—moving at around 3 miles per hour. In this group you’ll discuss 10 walking poems by 10 contemporary poets in 10 days. And maybe you’ll
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Why you should walk barefoot on a Caribbean beach: an acrostic wonder of wanders
Why you should walk barefoot on a Caribbean beach: an acrostic wonder of wanders Walk barefoot on Pinneys Beach, walk barefoot on the longest beach on the island of Nevis, a four-mile blanket edge stitched with silken sand, loose strands of froth running between your toes. Avoid the track most taken, avoid the considerable conference
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Arthur Sparrow wishes to make it clear, that this is an informal opinion piece not an academically peer-reviewed essay. I’m walking backwards for Christmas Across the Irish Sea I’m walking backwards for Christmas It’s the only thing for me I’ve tried walking sideways And walking to the front But people just look at me And
• In the Middle Ages the port of Cardiff stretched from Chepstow to Gower. Peter Finch, archetypal Cardiffian, sets out to explore his heritage, walking the Welsh side of the Severn Estuary and reclaiming his personal memories in addition to discovering the lives of others. And with a detour to Maismore, the highest tidal point of the estuary, he walks the English side too, taking in the differences with Wales, reviving past links and looking at his homeland from abroad.
On his journey he sees the estuary as border, a highway for trade and ideas, an industrial zone, and a place where people spend their leisure. Rich in anecdote, evocative in description, Finch’s book takes in villages and cities, power stations and fishermen, castles and caravans, leg-aching walks and deckchairs on the beach. The tragedy of Lynmouth, the competing delights of Porthcawl, Barry and Weston-super-Mare, the industrial sites of Usk and Port Talbot, the fate of Cardiff, Newport and Swansea docks, the ancient trackways of Swansea Bay and the Star Inn at Neath are just some of the many stories which punctuate Finch’s epic walk along some of the most beautiful coastline in Britain.
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