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Posts by Tamsin L Grainger

I know and I remember it so clearly - it was a revelation to me

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First Sunday and I'll do a wee #distancedrift @soniaoverall.bsky.social because the sun's shining after the storm and I'll look for egg-related, egg-shaped...

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Walking the Pennywell Labyrinth in solidarity with Lebanon The Walk Club upcoming community walk in solidarity with the people of Lebanon

Join us for a community walk in solidarity with the people who live along the Lebanon Mountain Trail. 19 April 2pm meeting at North Edinburgh Arts

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Walking in Pairs 4 4th in the Walking in Pairs series with Kristina Rothstein in Vancouver, Canada and Tamsin Grainger in Edinburgh, Scotland. Walking together, apart. December 4th 2025. Our theme: Freedom / Constraint Kristina Tamsin Kristina (9.45) : It was a chilly rainy day. I walked from my house to Queen Elizabeth Park, a large municipal arboretum which includes ornamental gardens, duck ponds, a pitch and putt course, frisbee golf course, restaurant, and tropical conservatory.

Walking in Pairs: a walking art / walking sound work by Kristina Rothsetine and Tamsin Grainger

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The Walk Club, Edinburgh A brand-new Edinburgh walking / wheeling club offering ambulatory meet-ups that focus on local history, art, and urban nature ~ with a twist ~

The Walk Club, Edinburgh

A brand-new Edinburgh walking / wheeling club offering ambulatory meet-ups that focus on local history, art, and urban nature ~ with a twist ~

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Pennywell Murals Community Walk Join us on a community walk in North Edinburgh to visit the Pennywell Arts and Heritage Trail murals

Enjoy a relaxed Sunday afternoon stroll visiting vibrant murals in North Edinburgh

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Walking Secular Pilgrimage In October 2016, aged 53, and needing a change, I stepped out of my front door in Edinburgh for an adventure. First visiting relatives by train in the New Forest, England then it was a boat from Portsmouth across the Bay of Biscay to Santander where I started walking. Coming into Santander. “I craved to go beyond the garden gate, to follow the road that passed it by and to set out for the unknown.” from My Journey to Llasa by Alexandra David-Neel…

A post that describes secular pilgrimage and assembles many journeys taken between 2016 and the present. It crosses Europe, and covers walking, art-making, and psychogeography. Links to other related blogs are offered.

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Digital collage of a hare leaping with 'droppings' (actually road stones)

Digital collage of a hare leaping with 'droppings' (actually road stones)

Digital collage of natural and man-made findings that I used to collage a hare leaping

Digital collage of natural and man-made findings that I used to collage a hare leaping

Walking #distancedrift with @sonia.overall searching for rabbits and hares but only body parts were to be found

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@soniaoverall.bsky.social are there any rabbits in Edinburgh? #distancedrift

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Thank you Clare

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A cairn, pile of grey beige pink slate pebbles on sandy beach

A cairn, pile of grey beige pink slate pebbles on sandy beach

Jaggedy rocks on beach covered in slimy green seaweed with the sea showing top right corner

Jaggedy rocks on beach covered in slimy green seaweed with the sea showing top right corner

Large boulders with orange and green lichen in front of Megmillar rock formations in the Firth of Forth with Fife in the background

Large boulders with orange and green lichen in front of Megmillar rock formations in the Firth of Forth with Fife in the background

Rock On! We had a great community walk last Sunday For the Festival of Terminalia - all about the rocks along the coast of Granton and the islands Inchkeith and Cramond and the rock music studios...concrete...cairn walkingwithoutadonkey.com/2026/02/24/r...

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No, they're at Newhaven

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Rock On! This community walking event took place on Sunday 22 February 2026 18 adults plus a baby in a buggy and 2 dogs met at Wardie Bay on the edge of Edinburgh for a Festival of Terminalia walk. We walked along the Lower Granton and West Shore roads to Granton 'the brick' Beach. We made a cairn of the stones we had collected at Wardie, to mark the boundary between sea and land.

A Festival of Terminalia community walking event in Granton, Edinburgh

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Rock On! Full details here.

Rock On!

Full details here.

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The front page of the Caught by the River website showing a photo of my stitched map of the Granton Burn with text

The front page of the Caught by the River website showing a photo of my stitched map of the Granton Burn with text

Really chuffed to have an essay about my 2025 search for the Granton Burn featured by @caughtbytheriver

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"... rivers... are true boundaries of land, true markers of place, key to its spirit, its feeling" @ghostsosilver Alice Maddicott from Tender Maps

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February First Friday Walk Prompt Walk/What3Words///, a walk in 3 parts Guidelines for the February 2026 First Friday Walk (FFW)Please note that this is a distal prompt, but you can, of course, arrange to walk in a couple or a group wherever you are. Choose a place to walk and make work.Find out the W3W/// location for your starting place (you will probably have a few options, so choose the one you like best or are most attracted to.)*

February First Friday Walk Prompt

Walk/What3Words///, a walk in 3 parts Guidelines for the February 2026 First Friday Walk (FFW)Please note that this is a distal prompt, but you can, of course, arrange to walk in a couple or a group wherever you are. Choose a place to walk and make work.Find out…

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The Forest of Dean Walking the Gloucestershire Way through the Forest of Dean from Chepstow. Injury and using the right and left sides of the brain.

The Forest of Dean

Walking the Gloucestershire Way through the Forest of Dean from Chepstow. Injury and using the right and left sides of the brain.

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North Edinburgh Art Trail An arts trail in North Edinburgh, from Natalie Taylor's labyrinth at Pennywell Kirk to the mural on the Edinburgh Direct Aid Warehouse wall made by Draya Madú with Eva Paredes and volunteers. Map here. Labyrinth by Natalie Taylor A Cretan labyrinth in the grounds of Pennywell Kirk (Old Kirk and Muirhouse Parish Church) constructed by artist Natalie Taylor in 2016. It takes approximately 15 minutes to walk slowly into the centre.

North Edinburgh Art Trail

An arts trail in North Edinburgh, from Natalie Taylor's labyrinth at Pennywell Kirk to the mural on the Edinburgh Direct Aid Warehouse wall made by Draya Madú with Eva Paredes and volunteers. Map here. Labyrinth by Natalie Taylor A Cretan labyrinth in the grounds of…

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Looking forward to reading and seeing more from your log, Ruth. Thanks for sharing

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Deep Encounters: Edinburgh Deep Encounters is a Walking the Land project conceived of by Janette Kerr. Deep Encounters is a multifaceted mapping of a small piece of land involving artists working in different areas/location. At its centre is the perception of a space in a much more intricate way than normal. Janette Kerr There is a patch of woodland in the municipal park near my house where I will be walking regularly.

Deep Encounters: Edinburgh

Deep Encounters is a Walking the Land project conceived of by Janette Kerr. Deep Encounters is a multifaceted mapping of a small piece of land involving artists working in different areas/location. At its centre is the perception of a space in a much more intricate way…

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These Old Paths A film made during and in response to the January 2026 First Friday Walk, prompted by Lucy Guenot. She wrote, "Let’s think about the walks and the paths and tracks that are most familiar to us: the comfort of taking a well-known route where you don’t need to think about directions or following a map. "Reflect also on the history of old tracks, made by centuries of walking:

These Old Paths

A film made during and in response to the January 2026 First Friday Walk, prompted by Lucy Guenot. She wrote, "Let’s think about the walks and the paths and tracks that are most familiar to us: the comfort of taking a well-known route where you don’t need to think about directions…

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Early morning pale blue and orange sky with full moon and street lamp

Early morning pale blue and orange sky with full moon and street lamp

A magpie feather, black white and grey on a shiny slatted metal bench

A magpie feather, black white and grey on a shiny slatted metal bench

A wide view of beach reflecting sunrise colours of orange blue yellow dog walker and dog in the distance

A wide view of beach reflecting sunrise colours of orange blue yellow dog walker and dog in the distance

A new morning, gleaming metal bench and shining sands in Edinburgh. Happy New Year distance drifters #distancedrift

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It's the first #DistanceDrift of the year, and today's wander invites you to seek out the shiny and new. Wrap up warm or saunter in your slippers; interpret freely; share finds as you go or at the end.

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Early morning pale blue and orange sky with full moon and street lamp

Early morning pale blue and orange sky with full moon and street lamp

A magpie feather, black white and grey on a shiny slatted metal bench

A magpie feather, black white and grey on a shiny slatted metal bench

A wide view of beach reflecting sunrise colours of orange blue yellow dog walker and dog in the distance

A wide view of beach reflecting sunrise colours of orange blue yellow dog walker and dog in the distance

A new morning, gleaming metal bench and shining sands in Edinburgh. Happy New Year distance drifters #distancedrift

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Hung up because they're not a cosy fit? A nest for a bottle

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Blankets and heaps of leaves to keep roots warm and bugs bedded. Sea waiting to envelop me

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Double socks (including waterproof selkie ones) plus thermals and over-trousers so I can go for a swim in the icy sea after my walk!

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Walking in Pairs 3 – Mapping The 3rd in the Walking in Pairs series with Kristina Rothstein in Canada and Tamsin Grainger in Scotland.

Walking in Pairs 3 – Mapping

The 3rd in the Walking in Pairs series with Kristina Rothstein in Canada and Tamsin Grainger in Scotland.

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Walking in Pairs 2 -Tokyo / Edinburgh For our second walk together-apart, Kristina Rothstein and I walked in Tokyo, Japan and Edinburgh, Scotland respectively. 2nd October 2025. The agreed location was the city, and coordinated stops were scheduled for the beginning, middle and end. Tokyo Leith, Edinburgh Kristina's walk The walk started at 7pm Tokyo time, on the last night of my three and half week trip to Japan.

The second in the series Walking in Pairs with Kristina Rothstein in Tokyo Japan and Tamsin Grainger in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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