Lee Valley to Canary Wharf on a week day afternoon in January. Impressions: Blue sky, yawning puddles, canal path obstacles, puddle hopping, fascinating reflections, sea gulls circling, orange tree, early lights Question: What obstacles give you positive new perspective? Images: Find out more about Walk Coach Learn events and coaching
Wick Woodland on a week day morning in January Impressions: Small woodland off the canal. Beautiful, naked, winter trees, mud, dropped leaves, wall of traffic sounds in the not too far distance. Feels eery, rubbish strewn, remnants of night time camps, ashes. A special place with a dark side. Dog walkers make me jump. Question: …
East London section of Lee Valley on a week day afternoon in July. Impressions: Cloudy and warm, sunless yet harshly bright. Canal boats, early blackberries, bridges, pathways, railways, lots of lines, criss crossing and rising. Colourful graffiti, lurid green sludge, algae, waterfowl, cranes, building clanking. Question: As I walk I wonder how the ducks survive …
Ropemakers Field on a week day afternoon in July. Impressions: End of the canal, Tellytubby style mounds of grass, trees of different sizes, Canary Wharf towers. Beautiful bandstand, children playing, greenery. Sunny, comfortable, grey white sky. Disorientated on my route, confused with another park. Question: Leave your map behind and take a new route today. What …
Granary Square on a week day January morning. Impressions: A post holiday calm. Freezing wind. Grey day. Canal, boats, swans, Word on the Water boat. Construction, cranes, boards, drilling and banging. Christmas tree ice sculpture. Arts students, tourists, walkers. Radical change. Student halls, tiny flats, redesigned industrial buildings, cafes and restaurants. Manicured trees. Question: This …