Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Reflections on a short walk in Maitland Wood 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 17/10/2025A new, daily work in progress A walk of 25 paces | in the wake of 'The Pearl' | The Noose shines at low tide | swans effortlessly glide using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///digests.almost.personal daily news digests become almost too much for my personal health 030
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2025A new, daily work in progress A walk of 4286 paces | fireweed's burgundy brushstrokes | newly spouted winter wheat | still, Autumn airs #walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 24/09/2025A new, daily work in progress An Equinox walk from Dawn to Dusk. Garden Cliff to The Noose As day follows night and night follows day, so Autumn begins #riversevern #afonhafren #equinox #walkingartist #walking @walctogether 063
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2025A new, daily work in progress A walk of 5487 paces | between 3 randomly chosen places | hawthorn and sloe berries weigh heavily | brook low and still #walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2025A new, daily work in progress A walk of 4623 paces | woodland reveals the first scents of Autumn | blackberries glisten | robin's melodious calls #walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2025A new, daily work in progress Riverscapes 4 When distance is less important than sensing Where wetlands become mudflats then change into water How squalls linger on Welsh hills @walctogether #walkingartist #walking #riversevern #afonhafren 000
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 09/09/2025A new, daily work in progress Riverscapes 2 When familiar hills become strangers @walctogether #walkingartist #walking #riversevern #afonhafren 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 07/09/2025A new, daily work in progress Riverscapes 1 As the journey began, unthinkingly and step by step I became the walk @walctogether #walkingartist #walking #riversevern #afonhafren 000
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Riverscapes A Walk Southwards in the company of Nodens, towards the sea River Severn Walk from Gloucester to Severn Beach 116796 paces @walctogether #walkingartist #walking 000
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 29/08/2025A new, daily work in progress A walk of 276 paces | 3 encounters: the gaze of concrete nymphs; high stacked plastic; lovely combinations using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///comments.rant.infringe those earthy comments turned to a mindless rant which could infringe freedoms 000
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 27/08/2025A new, daily work in progress A garden walk of 27 paces | welcome rain falls | breeze rattles bamboo | apples ripen using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///reeling.registry.discloses it sends him reeling their registry of dark deeds discloses mischief @walctogether #walking 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 26/08/2025A new, daily work in progress A 4523 pace walk | walking where tanks were tested | walking where Cuda was revered | walking where a Duke of Burgundy rested @what3words #haiku performed.pushy.dusted flights of crows performed perhaps somewhat pushy but now done and dusted #walking @walctogether 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 29/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 485 paces | between 3 crossing points | geese fuss | Sunday morning coffee drinkers chatter @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///futile.meanest.pick of all futile acts this, the meanest one of all is the one to pick #walkingartist #florina 040
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 28/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 6352 paces | viewing two cultures | crow like, black-robed priests scuttle | tankers wait at anchor @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///waxing.ignoring.ship waxing interest? but you’re just ignoring facts just, ship your bias #walkingartist 040
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 27/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 4672 paces | visiting the tombs of kings | grave goods resonate with power | cicadas rasping a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///alive.tourist.avoiding alive to history one tourist looked on sagely avoiding comments #walkingartist #aigia 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 26/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 5327 paces | mirrors of history | icons stare | swallows wheel and turn above hot streets a @what3words location as the basis of a haiku ///sudden.remark.outlined it was quite sudden the unwarranted remark outlined their failings #walking #thessaloniki 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 1254 paces | between security and boarding | doubled over memes | over-perfumed air a @what3words location as the basis of a haiku ///hips.artist.both with hips thrust forward the artist impressed her peers they both applauded #walkingartist #airports 000
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 23/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a garden walk of 25 paces | mesmerised by flowers | bees wallow in pollen | breeze picks up a @what3words location as the basis of a haiku ///amending.smile.machine amending their stance a smile passed over their lips the machine started #walkingartist #landscape 050
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Summer Solstice morning | a few minutes before Sunrise | bivvy bagging on the banks of The Severn | woken by oyster catchers #happysolstice #walkingartist 000
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 21/06/202520th June 2025 A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 5 paces | waiting room | names called | patients shuffle @what3words location as the basis of a haiku ///gent.alert.gives defining a gent… he’s alert to life’s rules and gives more than he takes #walking #walkingartist #gloucestershire 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 19/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 5212 paces | taking the path less travelled | smoke rises over early morning valley | wrens scatter a @what3words location as the basis of a haiku ///scared.bound.mess no need to be scared you’re bound to enjoy the walk but don’t mess around #walkingartist 000
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 18/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 4365 paces | blackbird and wren make mid morning calls | light trickles through leaves | recently fallen ash @what3words location as the basis of a haiku ///clearly.neckline.crows clearly visible the neckline of distant hills above crows chatter #walking 000
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 17/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 3167 paces | unused doorways | brambles, the only visitors | spraypaint messages using a @what3words location as the basis of a haiku ///swanky.hotels.ideals it’s far from swanky no good hotels are found, but we all have ideals #walking #walkingartist 000
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 16/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a garden walk of 41 paces | petals fall in the lightest of winds | pigeons land with a wingbeats whisper | beans climb @what3words location as the basis of a haiku ///folds.redeeming.audibly far field bends and folds and redeeming past pledges winds gasp audibly 000
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 15/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 4375 paces | wind shadows play with grasses | Iron Age hill fort acts as sentinel | gulls circle @what3words location as the basis of a haiku ///stray.like.slower I’m happy to stray and rather like to wander choosing slower routes #walkingartist #meadow 000
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 14/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 3265 paces | iridescent komerabi | light leaks through trees | blackbird's delight a @what3words location as the basis of a haiku ///shaky.text.activism 'twas a shaky start text gave only vague ideas activism's hard #walking #walkingartist #landscape 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 13/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a garden walk of 52 paces | metamorphosis | flowerscape constantly changes | fruit ripens @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///album.cheat.ruffling state's album of lies always cheat us of the truth ruffling my feathers #walkingartist #landscape 040
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 12/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 1126 paces | quarried stones bleak history | orchid finds shelter | leaves gyrate @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///next.relishes.blasted a picnic comes next with salads and relishes blasted with chillies #walkingartist #gloucestershire 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 11/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a garden walk of 42 paces | as I walk, corvids chatter | as I walk, flowers bloom | as I walk scent fills the air @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///clouding.then.work its clouding over sun peers through then disappears nature's hard at work #walking 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 09/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 8990 paces | River shimmers in afternoon light | reeds moved by currents of air | mud cracks @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///knowledge.gift.seashell with its past knowledge the river presents a gift: seashell brought by bores #walking 020
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 08/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 800 paces | woodland’s secret whispers | sightings of orchids | light passes between leaves @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///friends.spoke.nips friends surprised me when they spoke of alterations having nips and tucks #walking #landscape 050
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 07/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | 3 encounters on a walk of 1000 paces | plainsong of birds | hills roll silently | insects pass by @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///lost.lyrics.argued lost in deepest thoughts about the lyrics meanings and of points argued #walkingartist #landscape 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 07/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | findings on a garden walk of 53 paces | discards | considering transience | reminders of memory and loss @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///clouding.then.work mind clouding over then common sense takes over tries to work it out #walking #walkingartist 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 05/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a garden walk of 45 paces | rain softly falling | pigeon lands heavily | rose petals fall a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///conga.frantic.startles rooks dance a conga frantic to look cool in black which startles squirrels #walking #landscape 040
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 04/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 26 paces | stone, worn by passed boatmen | Brunel’s railway vibrates | clouds of elder blooms @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///fetching.surnames.touches such fetching colours… knowing the surnames of plants touches my cold heart #walking 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 03/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 3932 paces | studying the breeze | leaves becoming waves | clouds float using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///crest.belong.enjoys mounting steep hill-crest trees belong to this landscape crow enjoys thermals #walkingartist #landscape 0161
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 02/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 296 paces | cafés spill onto streets | traffic rumbles | hillside squeezes between buildings @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///social.commuted.notes so anti-social as he commuted, it seemed writing long notes helped #walking #walkingartist 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 01/06/2025A new, daily work in progress | a garden walk of 42 paces | bee takes an interest | breeze blown bamboo | lawnmowers buzz using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///clouding.then.work it's clouding over… then again does it matter? Summer's work begins #walkingartist #landscape 030
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 31/05/202528th May 2025 2/2 After 3 days off grid, it’s time to try and catch up Dartmoor walk. Day 1 a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///promotes.myths.chopper wise woman promotes old myths of cavalier's graves chopper flys over #walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #landscape #Dartmoor 040
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 31/05/202528th May 2025.1/2 After 3 days camping off grid, it’s time to try and catch up Dartmoor walk. Day 1 A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 15407 paces | River races between rocks | pine trees crowd the banks | the delights of komorebi #walking #walkingartist #landscape #Dartmoor 020
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 31/05/2025A new, daily work in progress | a garden walk of 54 paces | after time away, revisiting old friends | new plants emerge | new scents fill evening airs @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///passively.frame.ripen passively looking accepting the garden's frame watching fruit ripen #walking 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 27/05/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 534 paces | thistledown and rain | curlews and tarmac | work and coffee a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///friction.painter.upstarts there’s so much friction for the poet and painter everywhere upstarts #walking #walkingartist #townscape 040
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 26/05/2025A new, daily work in progress | a short garden walk of 51 paces | time measured by florescence | rain's broken promise | clouds in a hurry a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///hill.remembers.marble on ancient hill where earth remembers small details encased in marble #walkingartist 020
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 25/05/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 573 paces | between two structures | breeze arrives fresh from Wales | shadows fleeting @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///accordion.revamped.sisters their accordion band squeezed out revamped classics… The Bellows Sisters #walkingartist 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 24/05/2025A new, daily work in progress | a short garden walk of 143 paces | collecting fallen petals | a jay’s lost feather | buds bursting a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku walking passively through the frame of spring's garden watching fruit ripen #walkingartist #landscape #gloucestershire 060
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 23/05/2025A new, daily work in progress | a short garden walk of 23 paces | parched garden craves water | meadow sways | rose-scented air @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///album.cheat.ruffling this album of yarns suggests ways to cheat us, it’s ruffling my feathers #walkingartist #landscape 090
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 22/05/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 3416 paces | tide turns | turn stones | stones glisten using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///haunt.surnames.falls sailors haunt the shore now but surnames on tombstones a tear slowly falls #walking #walkingartist #seascape #cornwall 040
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 20/05/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 743 paces | 2 encounters after walking to the grave of a painter/mariner | a dead sparrow @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///essential.gates.jumped it seemed essential to linger in kissing gates they all jumped for joy #walking #cornwall 010
Kel Arrowsmith @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social · 19/05/2025A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 3176 paces | warnings of slipping | gulls squabble | early morning joggers pant a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku ///occupiers.overtime.seagulls beach occupiers they seem to work overtime clearly seagulls rule #walkingartist #seascape 020
