walking sticks, walks with Sam

Recently the photographer, Sam MacDiarmid, who I have collaborated with previously on Day of Access, visited Paths for All walks on the Isle of Bute and in Perthshire. As well as documenting the walks he photographed some walking sticks with poems which I gave to these groups. One was a memorial for a member of the Rothesay group, who passed away during the pandemic. The walking stick makes an ideal ‘poem object’, as it has a practical use and can be shared among people.

 

The poems are:

 

walks for the future

memories from the past

 

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a walk is something we take with us as we leave it behind

 

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a lot of wee walks gets you further than one big hike

 

Thanks to Fran, Sharon, Beverley, Sam, PFA Versus Arthritis, and PFA Walk in the Park in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park