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Short read
I’m a walk leader who spent 20 years in Essex, and I still never thought of it as a place to walk. How wrong...
Jenn and Mike are MJ Outdoor Adventures, and they walked along Slow Ways from Colchester to Leigh-on-Sea
This story is the next in our Trails series. We invited people to apply to assemble a group of friends...
Trails
“Blisters the size of cats”: a zine on walking from Leeds to Hull
A group of friends walk from Leeds to Hull and capture their experiences through the co-creation of a zine, a small imaginative D.I.Y publication
Story
“Out of the dust and the clothes and the sorting”: the “second family” of a North Wales charity shop walk together
Award-winning writer Sawsan joins Scope volunteers on a walk from Colwyn Bay, where natural beauty and social deprivation coexist awkwardly
Tales from a Slow Way
Bob Marley, Kate Moss and Stormzy: Croydon artist draws portraits of people connected by a Slow Way
Artist and English teacher Jonny Kemp explores the route to Croydon from Crystal Palace, called Crocry, drawing famous people who worked or lived nearby
Blog
A two-day hike through Shropshire and Powys
Two of the most sparsely populated and rural counties, but not far from the busy Midlands. The crew walk through a bright yellow landscape full of creatures
Podcast
Happy `Hood: meet the army of volunteer artists, writers and designers celebrating good news in Northampton
Sick of negativity, here are the positive Northampton people creating a zine, podcast, monthly walking group and more from one of the country's most deprived towns
This story is part of our Tales from a Slow...
Tales from a Slow Way
One tender song combatting social isolation in “the sacred heart of Birmingham”
Diverse members of the South Birmingham community come together to create a song, My Backyard, inspired by interviews and walks through local green spaces
Tales from a Slow Way
How does it feel to walk blind?
Gill has been blind since a car accident in her teens. Join her on a walk through West Norfolk in this beautiful film