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Sarah Farley

@thewriterswalk.com
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Ey up 👋 I’m a #writer and #walker from Yorkshire, living in That London. I write a Substack where I share stories, interviews and writing prompts that explore the places where walking and writing meet. Fancy joining in? thewriterswalk.com

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 30/09/2026
Happy #WorldCopywritersDay Here’s a hat tip to the team that clearly had fun creating this sign at Abbey Road DLR station. “Passengers will need a ticket to ride.”
A Transport for London information sign at Abbey Road DLR station that uses Beatles song titles to explain that visitors hoping to find the famous zebra crossing at Abbey Road are in the wrong place. The sign reads:

“Day tripper looking for the Beatles zebra crossing?

Feel like you've been here there and everywhere and on a magical mystery tour? Then don't pass me by. 

Unfortunately you are at the wrong Abbey Road. However we can work it out and help you get back to the correct location.

So let's come together and take the DLR one stop to West Ham and change to a Jubilee line train to St John's Wood station. Passengers will need a ticket to ride.”
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 29/04/2026
New post alert (sorry it’s been a while) open.substack.com/pub/thewrite...
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Walking along a beach
Feel the sand between your toes, dip them in the sea, and breathe, breathe, breathe
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Paragraph Planet @paragraphplanet.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Heading into the weekend, and it’s an ideal time to get creative! Write a story in just 75 words! Paragraph Planet publishes one on its home page every day. Submit today www.paragraphplanet.com/submission.php
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a person is typing on an old typewriter with a piece of paper on top
ALT: a person is typing on an old typewriter with a piece of paper on top
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 16/04/2026
I’m looking for tips on walking in Northumberland. What’s the best way to make the most of 5 days there?
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 12/04/2026
Finally hit send on my latest Field Note from a flying visit to London last month: A Shoreditch stroll open.substack.com/pub/thewrite...
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A Shoreditch stroll
Field Notes from a flying visit to London
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 12/04/2026
Finally hit send on my latest Field Note from a flying visit to London last month: A Shoreditch stroll open.substack.com/pub/thewrite...
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A Shoreditch stroll
Field Notes from a flying visit to London
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 20/08/2025
It’s been three years since I started The Writer’s Walk so I’ve written about why I started it as a bit of a reintroduction. thewriterswalk.substack.com/p/walking-wi... #walking #writing
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Walking with… The Writer’s Walk
A reintroduction and a bit about the philosophy behind my newsletter
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 01/04/2026
Outdoor community builders: the brilliant team at @gojauntly.bsky.social are looking for a community manager. Could it be you?
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 08/02/2026
A lovely wander around Huggate. Catching the view at the poetry bench, good company from our four-legged pals, and tea with a tree. If only every Sunday was this chilled.
A brunette woman in a dark padded jacket sits on a curved wooden bench marked “National Trail,” with a small brown cockapoo dog beside her, overlooking rolling green and brown hills under an overcast sky.A small brown cockapoo stands on a wooden bench with her head resting on the bench’s railing. Words engraved on the bench are an extract from a poem and read ‘we moved in the ghost of water’. Two hands hold enamel mugs, one red in the foreground and one green with a logo in the background, while seated on grassy ground with fallen logs and bare trees on a grey day in the hills.A woman dressed in black outdoor gear and a backpack stands in a wide grassy valley with two dogs, one brown-and-white and one curly brown, surrounded by steep green banks and a cloudy sky.
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 26/09/2025
It’s #WorldCopywriterDay on Tuesday and I’m hosting a #CopywritersUnite night in Hull, East Yorkshire, to celebrate. Who’s in?
A plain white banner with the time and location details for a copywriters’ meetup in Hull. The banner reads:
CopywritersUnite – World Copywriter Day edition
 
6.30pm, Tuesday 30 September
The Minerva
Marina (Nelson Street)
Hull
   
Your host:   Sarah Farley  (@thewriterswalk)
 
#CopywritersUnite x WorldCopywriterDay
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 26/09/2025
It’s #WorldCopywriterDay on Tuesday and I’m hosting a #CopywritersUnite night in Hull, East Yorkshire, to celebrate. Who’s in?
A plain white banner with the time and location details for a copywriters’ meetup in Hull. The banner reads:
CopywritersUnite – World Copywriter Day edition
 
6.30pm, Tuesday 30 September
The Minerva
Marina (Nelson Street)
Hull
   
Your host:   Sarah Farley  (@thewriterswalk)
 
#CopywritersUnite x WorldCopywriterDay
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 10/09/2025
My latest interview is with Jonnie Fielding who runs Bowl of Chalk walking tours in London. We chatted about exploring London on foot and his new book, Why is Downing Street Painted Black? (and 364 other fun London facts), which comes out on 25 September. thewriterswalk.com/p/walking-wi...
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Walking with Jonnie Fielding, tour guide
The founder of Bowl of Chalk walking tours on why London is a bottomless pit of intrigue
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 04/09/2025
My latest newsletter is about walking to fall in love with a landscape and exploring what it takes to make a new place feel like home. thewriterswalk.com/p/walking-to... #Walking #writing
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Walking to fall in love with a landscape
Exploring what it takes to make a new place feel like home
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Slow Ways @slowwaysuk.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
85% 1,603 supporters 9 hours left 8pm today deadline Support what we are doing? Back us now - time is running out! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways Thanks so much! ✨♥️👍🐌
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Slow Ways for everyone who🚶🏃🏾‍♀️👩🏻‍🦽🚴‍🏇🏾!
Now’s the time - back our project to develop the ultimate walking, running, wheeling, cycling & horse riding network for Britain and Ireland
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 31/08/2025
Morning meanders are the best. #Walk #MorningWalk #StPauls
The dome of St Paul’s Cathedral seen through some trees on a sunny day with a clear blue sky behind it while simultaneously reflected in a mirror pool.
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 20/08/2025
It’s been three years since I started The Writer’s Walk so I’ve written about why I started it as a bit of a reintroduction. thewriterswalk.substack.com/p/walking-wi... #walking #writing
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Walking with… The Writer’s Walk
A reintroduction and a bit about the philosophy behind my newsletter
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 14/08/2025
I’m co-hosting a #CopywritersUnite night on Monday 1 September, from 6.30pm at The Windmill, on The Cut near Waterloo. CopywritersUnite nights are informal drinks with copywriters and copy lovers. No tickets, no agenda, no speakers. It’s free to come along – we buy our own drinks. Hope to see you!
A plain white banner with the time and location details for a copywriters’ meetup in London. The banner reads:
6.30pm, Monday 1 September
The Windmill
86 The Cut
London SE1 8LW 
   
Your hosts:  
Luke Bishop  @bishograms 
Sarah Farley  @thewriterswalk
  
#CopywritersUnite
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 09/08/2025
Who’s going for a wander to see the Sturgeon moon tonight? Here’s an edition from The Writer’s Walk archive that pairs a moonlit walk and with some reflective writing. thewriterswalk.com/p/walking-be... #FullMoon #walking #NightWalk
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Walking beneath the full moon
Lift your head, look up and howl
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 30/06/2025
Meet Emily Ash Powell. We chatted about how she got into copywriting, the hurdles she kicked down along the way, how to make the perfect crisp sandwich, and why everyone is interesting when you’re interested in them. thewriterswalk.com/p/walking-wi... #walking #writing #crisps
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Walking with Emily Ash Powell, hurdler
The global head of copy on leaping over life’s hurdles and why everyone is interesting when you’re interested
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Venn diagram
Venn diagram with Bono in the left circle, an oboe in the right, and a bonobo in the centre.
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 21/06/2025
Woofy hiding beneath the potted plants on this stupendously steamy hot solstice.
A dark brown cockapoo stares into the middle distance as she chills out beneath a bench that has potted plants on it.
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 05/06/2025
40 years ago today, Ferris Bueller took a day off 1. This makes me feel really old 2. Life does indeed move pretty fast – so today I’m going to follow Bueller's lead and stop and look around so I don’t miss it
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a man is laying on a bed with the words life moves pretty fast on the bottom
Alt: Matthew Broderick as the movie character Ferris Bueller is laying on a bed with his hands behind his head. At the bottom of the screen are the words 'life moves pretty fast if you don’t stop & look around once in a while you could miss it!'
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 01/06/2025
The Regent’s Canal towpath looking might fine today. #MorningWalk
The Regent’s canal towpath with the canal on the right and a lock up ahead. The right hand side of the path is bordered by hedges with pink blooming flowers.
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 27/05/2025
Writers from around the world can submit scripts for BBC Audio Drama with cash prize, and attendance at an award ceremony in the UK to participate in the recording of their dramas for a world premiere. Flight and accommodation expenses are covered by the BBC. Details in link. Please share :)
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BBC World Service - BBC World Drama - The International Audio Drama Competition 2026: How to enter
How to submit your play for the International Audio Drama Competition 2026
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 16/05/2025
Such a beautiful day for a morning walk. The highlight was spotting this welly boot on the fence in front of the Wanstead Park grotto. From a certain angle it looks like the grotto’s about to eat it. Or is that just me?!
The ruins of the Wanstead Park grotto, seen through the bars of a green metal fence. There’s a green child-sized wellington boot stuck upside down on the fence. The grotto has a large archway in it with three smaller arches above which give the impression of a face with a big wide open mouth.
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 15/05/2025
I’m looking for short story recommendations 👀 Which collections have nature or outdoor adventures as a theme? Please and thank you 💚 #booksky #ShortStories #Nature #outdoors
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 15/05/2025
Walk with your head held high. Because as a wise man once said: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris Bueller New walking and writing prompt on The Writer’s Walk site now: thewriterswalk.com/p/walking-wi...
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Walking with your head held high
Look up to see more and feel better during your walks
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 14/05/2025
The jasmine is absolutely hitting the spot right now. I’ve been walking with my nose around London, taking little detours down all the side streets where I know find some. Jasmine is one of my favoure smells. Full of the potential of summer. thewriterswalk.com/p/walking-wi...
A cascade of pinky white jasmine in full bloom, the flowers are trailing over a street sign and only the words ‘ball’ and ‘pond’ are visible.
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 09/05/2025
I’m excited to see that my ‘Words in the woods’ walk is the @gojauntly.bsky.social walk of the week. It includes nature prompts and a simple writing prompt you can try while stopping to enjoy the views halfway through the walk. walks.gojauntly.com/walks/words-...?
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Words in the woods - Go Jauntly
A woodland walk with steep steps that lead to a viewpoint. I’ve included nature prompts and an optional writing prompt.
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 04/05/2025
3 years ago today, I launched The Writer’s Walk: my newsletter on walking and writing. Thanks to everyone who’s been along for the walk. I have hundreds more ideas on my list, so there’s plenty more to come. thewriterswalk.com
Sarah Farley, a white woman with short brown bobbed hair wearing an orange rain jacket and a turquoise scarf and stands in front of a field of yellow flowering rapeseed. Words on the image say 3 years of The Writer’s Walk
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 07/05/2025
I had another cracking chat with a copywriter recently – none other than the tone of voice master himself, Nick Parker. We chatted about curiosity, movement, learning and experimenting. thewriterswalk.com/p/walking-wi... #walking #writing
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Walking with Nick Parker, writer
The tone of voice master on curiosity, movement, learning and experimenting
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 06/05/2025
Calling all London #copywriters: our next #CopywritersUnite night is on Thursday 8 May and I’d love to see you there. 6pm, Thursday 8 May Duke of Sussex 23 Baylis Road London SE1 7AY #CopywritersUnite nights are relaxed get-togethers for copy lovers. No tickets, no agenda, no speakers.
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 06/05/2025
Great to see another platform emerging for working class writers. I’m looking forward to reading this 💚
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 06/05/2025
Calling all London #copywriters: our next #CopywritersUnite night is on Thursday 8 May and I’d love to see you there. 6pm, Thursday 8 May Duke of Sussex 23 Baylis Road London SE1 7AY #CopywritersUnite nights are relaxed get-togethers for copy lovers. No tickets, no agenda, no speakers.
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 04/05/2025
3 years ago today, I launched The Writer’s Walk: my newsletter on walking and writing. Thanks to everyone who’s been along for the walk. I have hundreds more ideas on my list, so there’s plenty more to come. thewriterswalk.com
Sarah Farley, a white woman with short brown bobbed hair wearing an orange rain jacket and a turquoise scarf and stands in front of a field of yellow flowering rapeseed. Words on the image say 3 years of The Writer’s Walk
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 03/05/2025
If you could take a walk with anyone, real or fictional, alive or gone, who would it be, and why? #NationalWalkingMonth
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 03/05/2025
This looks fab. The hardest bit is choosing your favourite path!
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 01/05/2025
So excited to see the launch of the London Walking Festival. There’s loads of events happening around the city in May with lots of inspiration for getting out and about.
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 29/04/2025
With the UK about to see the hottest April in 7 years, we’re seeing a lot of sunshine this week. Go for a walk in the sun and use thes prompts for your writing: What does the light reveal that you didn’t spot on a grey day? How does the air feel? How do you feel after your stroll? #walking
Sarah Farley a white Middle Ages woman with dark hair in a bob and wearing a black top and a backpack smiles at the camera from a sunlit wood
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 24/04/2025
An impromptu walk led to a chance convo with BBC Radio Humberside’s Richard Stead – which he aired on his show. If you fancy hearing about The Writer’s Walk and how I started it, it’s available on BBC Sounds until 23 May. I’m on at about 16 minutes into the show. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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BBC Radio Humberside - Richard Stead on BBC Radio Humberside, 23/04/2025
Entertainment through the afternoon and updates on the day's events with Richard.
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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Calling river-lovers: your river needs you! The Big River Watch runs until 1 May. Spend 15 mins by your local river, record what you see in the free BRW app––& help create a clearer picture of UK river health. I'm taking part. More here. @theriverstrust.bsky.social theriverstrust.org/take-action/...
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The Big River Watch
Help improve our rivers. T ake part in The Big RiverWatch survey between 25th April and 1st May!
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 24/04/2025
An impromptu walk led to a chance convo with BBC Radio Humberside’s Richard Stead – which he aired on his show. If you fancy hearing about The Writer’s Walk and how I started it, it’s available on BBC Sounds until 23 May. I’m on at about 16 minutes into the show. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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BBC Radio Humberside - Richard Stead on BBC Radio Humberside, 23/04/2025
Entertainment through the afternoon and updates on the day's events with Richard.
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 22/04/2025
A few years ago I wrote about saltmarsh for a collaboration between @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social and writers’ organisation, 26. Earth Day seems like a good time to share it. 26project.org.uk/26habitats/s... #writing #earthday
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Saltmarsh – 26 Habitats
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 20/04/2025
These daffs were in perfect bloom on my #morningwalk around Tophill Low Mature Reserve. What have you spotted on your walks that made you smile?
A close up of a daffodil with white petals and a bright yellow heartA clump of daffodils with white petals and yellow hearts bloom beneath a tree on a sunny day with a clear blue sky in the background.
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 11/04/2025
I love the weekly email notes from Dark Angels Writers. They’re a welcome boost at the end of a busy week – today’s came with a lovely walking-inspired writing prompt, too. www.darkangelswriters.com #walking #writing
Black text on a white background with the Dark Angels logo which looks like two single quote marks shaped like angel wings, inside a circle. The text reads:

Dark Angels Note 235

Dearest friends

Welcome back to our weekly Friday Note.
 
It’s Susanne again here. After plugging in the Random Word Generator, I’ve found the word Tread for you this week.
 
Tread (verb)
Walking in a particular way
 
Tread (noun)
The weight or way someone walks
The surface of a step or tire
 
What comes to mind?
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 09/04/2025
I had the best #walk with @sutchfun.bsky.social of @gojauntly.bsky.social We chatted about the barriers that prevent people getting outdoors, the lack of diversity, how she’s using tech for good, and so much more. I loved hearing her story and hope you do, too thewriterswalk.com/p/walking-wi...
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Walking with Hana Sutch, Co-founder of Go Jauntly
The walking app creator who’s helping to break down barriers and improve access to green space
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 04/04/2025
The sun’s out in London, the blossom is popping and it’s giving me a bounce to my steps. Here are a few of my favourite things about spring. thewriterswalk.com/p/walking-in... #walking #writing #spring
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Walking into spring
Bring the bounce back into your steps as nature comes back to life
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 02/04/2025
Today is National Walking Day, so what better way to celebrate than a walk with @sutchfun.bsky.social CEO and co-founder of the walking, wayfinding and nature connection app @gojauntly.bsky.social We can’t wait to share our chat on The Writer’s Walk next week. #nationalwalkingday #walking
Haha Sutch, CEO and co-founder of Go Jauntly and Sarah Farley, founder of The Writer’s Walk, stand in front a tree on a sunny spring day, smiling at the camera
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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 02/04/2025
Happy National Walking Day! Where are you wandering today? I’m heading out and about in London. #walking #writing
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