Writers R. M. Francis and Kerry Hadley-Pryce will lead participants through Saltwells Nature Reserve, a site of industrial and geological heritage, on a walking writing retreat exploring the earth sciences, psychogeography, environmental psychology and embodied wayfinding and creative practices.

Participants will be invited to reflect on the cultural currents of the region, their awareness of localities and the “palimpsest” of place, exploring the crossing points between the arts, earth sciences and the body, movement and the senses.