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paths. made. walking. a Café with Jenny Sturgeon

What might be your reasons for taking a long walk? Might it be a celebration of a step-change in your life, to challenge yourself both mentally and physically, are you walking for love or loss, for better health, or to escape the hum-drum of everyday life, or merely to re-connect with nature?

In 2023, Musician and Sound Artist Jenny Sturgeon spent 37 days walking the 864 km unofficial Scottish National Trail from Kirk Yetholm in the Borders to Cape Wrath in the North West Highlands. As a musician and sound recordist, she heard the path as much as seeing her route forward, recording ambient sounds and wrote notes along the way.

Quizzed about her motivations, discovering her choice of what sounds to record, what observations she made, and how she brought all of her experiences, into the making of a sound walk album and a podcast for BBC’s Scotland Outdoors.

Excerpts of her album are payed to event attendees, viewers of the video can find them here.

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What might be your reasons for taking a long walk? Might it be a celebration of a step-change in your life, to challenge yourself both mentally and physically, are you walking for love or loss, for better health, or to escape the hum-drum of everyday life, or merely to re-connect with nature? In 2023, Musician


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slare

To saunter, to be slovenly (The Dialect of Cumberland – Robert Ferguson, 1873). Rarely used in Cumbria now but has a meaning of to walk slowly, to amble, to walk with no particular purpose. Used for example in the ballad Billy Watson’s Lonnin written by Alexander Craig Gibson of Harrington, Cumbria in 1872 “Yan likes to trail ow’r t’ Sealand-fields an’ watch for t’ commin’ tide, Or slare whoar t’Green hes t’ Ropery an’ t’ Shore of ayder side “(Translation: One likes to trail over to Sealand Fields and watch for the coming tide, Or slare over to where the Green has the ropery and the Shore on the other side) Billy Watson’s Lonning (lonning – dialect for lane) still exists and can be found at Harrington, Cumbria.

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