Parks
Highlights
Wednesday After Work Walks: Loved Up London
Walking beside the river, with views of the Palace of Westmisnter, the sun setting, and the sound of the traffic – that last bit cannot be right? It is true, traffic noise and the smell of diesel are the two most intrusive things to ruin a romantic walk – that’s what participants on the Loved Up
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Oneironaut
We spend 11% of our existence dreaming, a full month of each year, that’s more time than we spend eating. While the body lies still the mind wanders, free of limitations of time and space. This story poses the possibility that a conscious dreaming mind could share other people’s real waking experiences. The Oneironaut, a
21 new walks mapped out as part of Milton Keynes Walking Festival next month | Milton Keynes Citizen
May is National Walking month and the Parks Trust is holding a three day festival of walks to celebrate. Source: 21 new walks mapped out as part of Milton Keynes Walking Festival next month | Milton Keynes Citizen
• Park to Park Sunday walk – Olympic Park to Bow Creek
Want to get to know London through its parks? Join a Walk that takes in the Parks of the east side of London along the River Lea. Starting at Stratford Station we will walk through Olympic Park, Three Mills Green, West Ham's Memorial Recreation Ground, Hermit Road Rec, Star Lane Park, Malmesbury Road Park, Bow Creek Ecology Park and Botanic Square on the Leamouth Peninsula.
• Park to Park Sunday walk – Borough Of Ealing Park Trail
September is the month when the artists and painters of the Borough of Ealing put on their Art Trail and invite you to their studios and galleries to see and buy their latest work: https://ealingbeat.org.uk/. Ahead of the BEAT fair we’ve arranged our own trail through the parks of Ealing, taking in Haven Green, Walpole Park, Lammas Park,
Park to Park Sunday walk – Green Park to Primrose Hill
Want to get to know London through its parks? Join a Walk that takes in the Parks of central London. Starting at Green Park we will walk through Mayfair and John Nash territory, taking in Berkeley Square, Mount Street Gardens, Grosvenor Square, Portman Square, Paddington Street Gardens, Regent’s Park then climb Primrose Hill for a view of London.
• Walking pieces
Walk Around Philadelphia
Since its 4-person artist residency origins in 2016, Walk Around Philadelphia has become a pilgrimage experience where hundreds (ranging in age from 12 to 94) have set out to explore the city's edge. For more information: WalkAroundPhiladelphia.com
Articles on WLC
Five of north London’s most scenic walking routes | National Geographic
Whether it’s through parks, along canals or around leafy residential backstreets, exploring the capital on foot never gets old. These five routes showcase north London at its best. Source: Five of north London’s most scenic walking routes | National Geographic
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One of the world’s quietest places is an urban park in Taiwan; meet the scientist on a mission to identify and preserve others | South China Morning Post
Nature sounds are as important as clean air and water for health, says an acoustic ecologist whose non-profit is seeking out the world’s quiet places, on land and sea, and in cities, in order to preserve them. Source: One of the world’s quietest places is an urban park in Taiwan; meet the scientist on a
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Articles elsewhere
Monochrome, Then Darkness
My walk through the park this afternoon was a study in shades of bluish-white. Between the frost on the trees, an artifact of this morning’s ice fog, and the falling flakes of snow, and the cloudy sky, everything was the almost same colour. A monochromatic landscape. Without a blue sky to set it off, the … Continue reading Monochrome, Then Darkness →
Walking to Work and Back
The theme of this morning’s walk was the cold. Not because of the weather, though, but because I misheard the forecast on the radio this morning. It might be minus 2 somewhere in the province today, but not here, as I discovered when it was too late to turn back and trade my gloves for … Continue reading Walking to Work and Back →
Their only crime was poverty
Their Only Crime Was PovertyJohn Payne's booklet about the Bath Workhouse is now publishedThe booklet sets out the facts as in the Museum of Bath at Work exhibition of 2017 and traces the story through from before the 1834 Poor Law Act to the present St Martin’s Hospital. This was the exhibition that began the Workhouse Walks programme and my collaboration with John, leading on to the Walking the Names walks that we kept going through the lock downs.‘Workhouse to Hospital&rsqu [...]
Events
Walking Home: Soundwalk at Great Linford Manor Park
Launching our new audio anthology “The destiny of every walking man is to immerse himself in the panorama surrounding him, to the point of becoming one with it and, ultimately, to vanish”. Federico Castigliano Join us for a bracing Autumn walk with a difference, as we launch a new audio anthology! MK Lit Fest have collaborated
