Journey through the Deep Time of the chalk cliffs at their closest point across the Channel.

Our two lands were once one, the Sea has been here for less time than it has not, and North has not always been North…

The sea is both beginning and ending of everything on earth – where do we fit into this cycle and what layer do we want our story to leave?

A self guided sound journey and artist-led walk through the linked chalk cliffs at Folkestone (UK) and Escalles (France).

This sound walk can be experienced during an event on Saturday September 21, 2024. Join us at The Chalk Path/Le Chemin de Craie Artist-led walk, a walk on two halves of the same land at two edges of the same day – marking the Autumn Equinox and celebrating the deepness of time that we tiny humans exist within.

Alison Neighbour and Elodie Merland will guide you on a walk through the deep time of the chalk cliffs at Folkestone Warren in the UK and Cap Blanc Nez in France.

Beginning in Folkestone with a short moment of celebration as the sun rises, we will journey through the tumbled strata of the landslip to the beginning of time- the sea, where we will search for our rock ancestors and gather for a light breakfast as we look across to “the other side”.

In the evening, we walk from Cap Blanc Nez, near Escalles, descending through the same stone, split by the rushing water of the Channel, arriving again to meet the sea as the sun sets. We will share some time together and some drinks as we look back the way we have come and forwards to the future.

The events will be delivered bilingually in English and French.