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There and Back, an Autumn Equinox Walk
There and Back, an Autumn Equinox Walk

There and Back, an Autumn Equinox community walk in Granton Edinburgh 22nd Sep 2025

Gateway to This
Gateway to This

A walk for 4WCoP (Fourth World Congress of Psychogeography) in Swansea, Wales, UK or wherever you are (with a prompt published 30 September)

The Rough Wooing
The Rough Wooing

This short film (just under 4 minutes long) was made for the Walking the Land August First Friday Walk. Zoe Ashbrook provided the prompt which, for remote walkers, was 'A Familiar Walk Through Fresh Eyes'.

World Wide Wander and Street Wisdom
World Wide Wander and Street Wisdom

An Edinburgh walk for the World Wide Wander which took place in June 2025

Wheatley Elm Wellbeing Walk
Wheatley Elm Wellbeing Walk

A free community event beginning at Granton Crescent Park with some walking, art activities and gentle exercises. This event was part of the country-wide Urban Tree Festival, May 2025

Nature writing
Nature writing

A list of essays and books by Tamsin Grainger

Walking Like a Tortoise
Walking Like a Tortoise

Walking Like a Tortoise, a community walking and artistic project in Granton, Edinburgh

Women Walking the City at Night
Women Walking the City at Night

Women Walking the City at Night – a collective drift under the Full Moon. Part of a world-wide event.

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Granton Wasteland Walk

Granton Wasteland was a a walk with poetry from Granton Harbour to Granton Square in September 2024 with poet Tessa Berring and Professor Catharine Ward Thompson, researcher and Landscape Architect.

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Walking Like a Tortoise Art Exhibition

Walking Like a Tortoise was a community project in Granton, Edinburgh, and exhibitions at the Granton Hub and in the Edinburgh Central Library. It was awarded the Marŝato Prize for excellence in Walking Art 2024.

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'Gate' by Alan Evans and other gateways at the Museum in the Park, Stroud where there's an interesting exhibition around blacksmithing celebrating Alan Evans. Preparing for 'Gateway to This', part of 'After That, This', @4wcop 4th World Congress of
Stroud scarlet, Uley Blue, Billiard Green - thanks @kelarrowsmith @walking_theland @ruthclearill @lucyguenot for the inspiration #colourpalette #stroud #uleyblue #inspirationisallaround
Women Walking the City at Night yesterday with #womenwalkingtogether all over the world through a 24 hour period #followingthemoon with @eleonore_ozanne at the helm and @lucyguenot with me on the streets, along the canals and through dark woods of #s
Gateway to This @4wcop A shared walk on Saturday 11th October in Swansea 3pm #4wcop2025 #afterthatthis
Finding the Granton Burn (river) by walking. @walking_theland First Friday Walk October 2025. The prompt was to consider the changing landscape associated with industry as businesses thrive or fail and the traces they leave on the landscape. I walk
Walking in search of the Granton Burn for @scottishhistoricbuildingstrust talk 12 Nov ref #patrikgeddes #valleysection From the (look-out) tower on #corstorphinehill to the #brickbeach #granton #edinburgh #walkingwithoutadonkey