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Night Walk: Walking Clifton Downs and Ladies Mile at midnight
Night-Walk is an output of the Walking and Re-Creation project. Our project responds to our belief that social and health inequalities are linked. and uses a historical lens on walking to address unequal access to pedestrianism in our own moment.
Draped in Darkness
We are delighted to announce the short listed entries in our annual Write About Walking writing competition that this year, had a theme of “Walking In The Dark” in support of the global action “Women walking, the City, at Night“. Fourteen poems and stories from eleven writers were chosen by the judges, and will be
Walking Writers who Shine In the Dark
Penny Walker for her story Seeing the Moon and Elizabeth Fevyer for her poem Nightstepper are the winners of our annual Write About Walking competition, collecting the prize of becoming our writers-in-residence for 2025/26. Poetry judge and out-going poet-in-residence, Damaris West commented on the poetry entries: “Judging the ‘In the dark’ competition was not an
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Making maps at dusk: reflections on walking the Shrewsbury Skull
Paul Wakelam reflects on November's Walking the Shrewsbury Skull event, guiding us through a liminal winter journey of history, ghosts and secret cobbled alleyways.
April 2025 – First Sunday, Night Walks and More
Dear friends and loiterers I hope the sprunging of Spring is bringing some joy and comfort to you in these strange times. It’s First Sunday, this Sunday, and we will walk, talk, question, dream and play together as we always do at this time of the mon...
Night Tone: Clare Qualmann, Saba Zavarei and Claire Hind
A night time headlight lit journey along Cornwall’s unforgiving sunken stone walled lanes following cues and memorised directions for a dont-trust-the-satnav destination. Arrived in a puddled carpark, engine silenced and lights out. Kestle Barton, we hoped What follows are some thoughts and impressions from joining a small group of artists and scholars for an, experimental work in progress performance by Clare Qualmann, Saba Zavarei and Claire Hind.towards the end of their residenc [...]
Walk 139
Night RiverIt's dark by the time work ends, and it's the feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and if we want to walk we have to do it in the dark, which, as it turns out, is a pleasure.Location: Lethbridge, ABLength: 3 kmCompanions: TroyDate: 12 December, 2023 [...]
Events
Into the Night: An Evening of Nocturnal Wanderings
A gathering on the night before the longest night. This is the nocturnal world, the place we walk illuminated by constellations of twinkling skies and powerful planets; the locale where our perambulations offer other ways of dwelling and sensing our being in the world and its myriad human and non-human presences. Join us as we stroll together, physically and conceptually, sharing our stories, experiences, feelings, senses and night-time reveries. An evening with the moon and Fay Stevens.
