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on the way to Alston

All of the journeys to the site and the school in Alston have been, without exception, special.

The first journey was to meet the teacher, Miss Pullen, who I would be working with. There were …

 Our journey continues
Walking and finding our way from Beltingham to Long Meg. Malc, myself and Molly the dog set out on a misty autumnal day with glimpses of blue skies and rainbows, to find our journey route for June  …

DREAMING THE LAND
A Walk with Friends through Northumbria
29th June to 6th July 2013

I arrived late in the dark after a long drive in the Landover. Malcolm, Nigel and Chris welcomed me to the fire. Chris, big, warm-hearted …

Malcolm’s story

To embark on a walk is a simple thing. To put one foot in front of another until you stop. The intention behind the walk, however, affects everything about its nature. The simple act of walking becomes meaningful …

During the first week of our Land Journey throughout the day we would take time to stop, consider, condense and write contributions to a communal Renga. Upon our return Malcolm spent an evening with Poet Linda France going through the …

Following our research into the different sites and the time we had spent working in their local communities, we set off to grow our stories – the fiction to compliment the facts that Paul and Jessica had shared with us. …

I was working with the children of Glendale Middle School in Wooler, creating stories from the Iron Age hill fort on Yeavering Bell. We were due to go on a field trip and I decided it would be a good …

Had four brilliant days in Glendale School, Wooler school, where I worked with class four on stories associated with the iron age hill fort at Yeavering Bell. The history teacher, Jenny Hall managed to get the children off timetable, so …

Time slipped away as the year 4 children of Rothbury first school shimmied between the zones on our trip from Whittondean to Lordenshaws. The stone-age became the bronze age which morphed into the iron age as we moved from cup …