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Sound walk SWS24 Shortlisted
2023

Only Glaciers Know

Discussing the complicated interconnections between human beings and the landscape of Iceland, the piece is designed to be experienced while walking along the Iceland coastline. It is a sonic documentary and poetic fiction of the enchanting island.

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Rediscovering Britain with Quintin Lake

Hatchard's Booksellers
2026-02-04 18:30
Hatchards - Piccadilly, Piccadilly, London, UK

Join Quintin Lake for an illustrated discussion of his solo pilgrimage around the coast of Britain. We are delighted to welcome Quintin Lake here to Hatchards this evening for an illustrated talk on his experience of walking and photographing Britain for his book The Perimeter. On Friday 17 April 2015, photographer Quintin Lake set off

Seaglass

Kathryn Tann
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Dawn ‘til Dusk: Telling and Retelling Dungeness

Beach of Dreams - Kinetika
5 May, 2025 · All day
Dungeness, Romney Marsh, UK

A full-day creative workshop led by renowned playwright Anders Lustgarten and wild storyteller Sophie Austin. Set against the striking backdrop of the Dungeness coastline in Kent, the experience invites 15 collaborative artists and creatives to explore storytelling through walking, writing, and performance – responding to the land’s rich history and present-day challenges. How do we tell

Sound walk
2016

Colne Rising

Set in the year 2067, this spoken-word walking performance imagines a future Northern England where rising seas have transformed the A1 into a coastline, flooding areas up to 75 miles inland. Writer and performer Sarah Hymas guides participants through a lyrical exploration of this altered landscape, blending familiar places with speculative environmental change.

Curated news 01 Jan, 2024

British Sandwiches and Walking 300km of Wainwright’s Coast to Coast 

Some notes on sandwiches and the English St. Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay 300km Coast to Coast walk Source: British Sandwiches and Walking 300km of Wainwright’s Coast to Coast — Craig Mod – Ridgeline issue 167

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walkingevent SWS19  

Corners and Edges, A Coal Harbour Soundwalk

2019-09-22 14:00
W Georgia St & Cardero St, Vancouver, BC V6G 2Z6, Canada

Vancouver Soundwalk Collective member Jamie Dolinko leads a soundwalk around Coal Harbour, contemplating the sounds that appear and disappear around sound-sealed office buildings and apartments. Explore the area’s sharp corners as they collide and absorb the nearby traffic and coastline. Led walk by Jamie Dolinko: Sunday, September 22, 2019; 2-3:30PM Meeting location: North east corner of

Sound walk
2015

Lune Rising

The year is 2060. Sea levels have surged. Lancaster city, in the north of England, is reduced to Castle Island. A voice, the sole remaining inhabitant, guides you around this un/familiar coastline, wanting you to adapt to these new lands.

Walking piece
2013

Alan Walks Wales

Account of my three month walk around the periphery of Wales: borderland and coastline, in 2013 – partly personal journey, partly research exploration, partly philosophical contemplation. The site includes my blogs, technical and personal writing, and links to data gathered during the walk.

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Articles elsewhere

post 70

just snaps

When Suzanne was sick and in the Victor Harbor hospital I was walking both standard poodles (Akira and Maya) on my own. It was disciplined walking as I would walk along the coastal path in the early morning to Dep’s Beach, and then we would walk ...

Gary Sauer-Thompson
Poodle Walks
post 75

Kings Head revisited

We have stayed away from walking amongst the rocks on the coast this year due to the ongoing prevalence of the toxic micro algae bloom. We (Maya and I) did walk around to Kings Head when it was pretty clear of the algae bloom on a late afternoon walk. ...

Gary Sauer-Thompson
Poodle Walks
post 90

Aughris Coastal Walk Sligo Day Hikes

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Ellie Berry
Tough Soles Blog
post 85

Hobbled walking

My twice-a-day poodlewalks during the six weeks that Suzanne was wearing her moonboot to help heal her broken fibula were hobbled ones. I was walking both standard poodles, but as I’d badly damaged my back early in that six weeks I wasn’t a...

Gary Sauer-Thompson
Poodle Walks

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Alan Dix Alan Walks Wales: one thousand miles of poetry, technology and community

Account of my three month walk around the periphery of Wales: borderland and coastline, in 2013 – partly personal journey, partly research exploration, partly philosophical contemplation.
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squail-legs

Pigeon-toed person. from the Dictionary of Newfoundland English (University of Toronto Press, 1982).

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