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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 · 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’.

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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 heart

A 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

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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 · 27/03/2025

From today’s word walk. Sometimes wisdom is right beneath your feet. #walk #writing #wisdom #StreetArt

Chalk writing on a sidewalk by street artist 7 Souls Deep. It reads: Can we still fall in love this summer? @7soulsdeep

Chalk writing on a sidewalk by street artist 7 Souls Deep. It reads: Remember what it took for you to be here @7soulsdeep

Chalk writing on a sidewalk by street artist 7 Souls Deep. It reads: I’m not hopeless, I’m just a romantic @7soulsdeep

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 22/03/2025

I loved hearing Paul McVeigh chatting with @kitdewaal.bsky.social last night. They shared the challenges they overcame to became writers, and along with @cathygalvin.bsky.social they’re incredibly generous in the way they support other writers. I left inspired and ready to write. Thank you 💚

Author Paul McVeigh signs his book, I Hear You, and gives a thumbs up as he smiles for the photo.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 16/03/2025

Lovely to meet @adamjfarrer.bsky.social signing his new book at @jebookshull.bsky.social yesterday. He invited everyone who bought a book to also sign a copy so he’ll have a souvenir of his tour. What a fab idea! #booksky #author #writer

Author Adam Farrer sits at a table that’s covered in a gingham tablecloth and has stacks if his two books, Cold Fish Soup and Broken Biscuits, on it. He’s smiling at the camera as he signs a book.

A close up of the inside pages of Adam Farrer’s book, Broken Biscuits, which is filled with signatures.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 13/03/2025

I’ve walked back to the Victorian era by accident. #fog #night

An empty street on a foggy night with street lamps on either side of the road that flow eerily.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 10/03/2025

I spotted a fun bit of localisation on this poster for The Book of Mormon musical in Hull. #walking #writing #copywriting

A poster advertising The Book of Mormon with the word ‘Hullo!’ A play on the city name Hullo where the musical is showing.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 04/03/2025

I’m sending out my next newsletter to subscribers tomorrow. Check the link in my bio if you want to sign up free and get it by email. #writingprompt #walking #library #bookswap

A close up of a glass-fronted cabinet found on a street. It’s filled with books and has a handwritten sign: ‘Book swap help yourself’. Text above the image says ‘Walking around a library: what better place for sparking your imagination and writing. Available March 5th, 2025 from thewriterswalk.com

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 02/03/2025

I’ve just finished reading And He Shall Appear by @katevanderborgh.bsky.social Kate’s first novel is as unsettling as it is stunning. She takes us into the dark academia of Cambridge where we meet the enigmatic Bryn through the eyes of an unnamed narrator who falls under his spell. #book #author

A copy of And He Shall Appear by Kate van der Borgh, a book with a pair of hands and a lock on the cover, on a blue table.

Author Kate van der Borgh stands smiling in front of a new bookshelf holding her first novel, And He Shall Appear.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 02/03/2025

Walking with dinosaurs. Stay safe, London.

A plastic rust-coloured toy dinosar on the pavement next to a charity clothing donation point in London. Grrrr.

The same plastic toy dinosaur but seen from the front so it looks like it’s walking towards you with its back foot slightly off the ground.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 24/02/2025

Hello #copywriters in Hull. Join us for our first #CopywritersUnite night in Hull. We’ll be at Taphouse, Humber Street, from 6pm on Thurs 13 March. Copywriters Unite meetups are informal drinks with copywriters and copy lovers. No tickets, no agenda, no speakers. Just lots of friendly copy chat.

A plain white banner with the time and location details for a copywriters’ meetup in Hull. The banner reads:

6pm, Thursday 13 March
Taphouse
70 Humber Street
Hull

Your host: Sarah Farley (@thewriterswalk)

#CopywritersUnite

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 21/02/2025

I paused by William Blake’s grave marker as I walked through Bunhill Fields Cemetery this week and spotted a robin keeping watch beside it. “A Robin Red breast in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage” William Blake, Auguries of Innocence #walking #poetry

William Blake’s grave marker in Bunhill Fields burial ground with flowers laid at its base.

A robin in a green, leafy bush, almost camouflaged by the leaves.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 19/02/2025

Hello copywriters in Hull, Beverley and East Yorkshire 👋 It’s the first ever #CopywritersUnite drinks in Hull next month. When: 6pm, Thursday 13 March Where: Taphouse, 70 Humber Street, Hull Cost: Free to join in– we buy our own drinks/snacks Hope to see you there! #copywriting #copywriters

A plain white banner with the words:

6pm, Thursday 13 March, Taphouse, 70 Humber Street, Hull. Your host: Sarah Farley (@thewriterswalk) and the hashtag #CopywritersUnite

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 17/02/2025

Banish the horror of a blank page and the daunting moment before you start a new notebook by starting with one of your favourite writing prompts. I think I’ll use ‘I remember’ for this one. What’s your favourite writing prompt?

A pale green Moleskine notebook on a bright teal table with a little metal ornamental pig and a plant beside it.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 17/02/2025

Thanks to everyone who came to #CopywritersUnite in London last week. Once again, I’m blown away by just how many lovely, talented and enthusiastic writers there are out there. We met freelancers, in-house writers and agency folk, as well as people who are helping new writers find their feet.

A group of ten people gathered in a dimly lit bar, smiling for the camera.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 14/02/2025

There’s so much to love about going for a walk 💚 #walking #hiking #love

A close up of someone’s hand holding a small white heart-shaped stone, picked up from a pebble beach. There’s a cliff and the sea in the background.

Large white pebbles on a beach that have been arranged into the shape of a heart.

A paving stone that’s been repaired with cement that someone has etched the words ‘I love’ into.

A close of up a hand holding a white, heart-shaped pebble. In the background there’s a pebble-strewn beach, a cliff and the sea.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 13/02/2025

No half measures. A writing prompt spotted on the side of a building during one of my word walks. Have you found any writing prompts in the wild? #walking #writingprompt #streetart

A building covered in colourful graffiti writing with the words ‘no half measures’

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 11/02/2025

Popped to the British Library to do some research for The Writer’s Walk and picked up a wordsmith badge while I was there. #library #books #research

A close up of a hand holding a blue enamel badge with the word ‘wordsmith’ embossed on it in gold.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 10/02/2025

Calling all London copywriters. Join us for #CopywritersUnite at The Cut from 6pm, Thurs 13 Feb. #CopywritersUnite nights are informal drinks with copywriters and copy lovers. No tickets, no agenda, no speakers. Just lots of friendly copy chat. And you don’t need to be a copywriter to come along!

A plain white banner with the time and location details for a copywriters’ meetup in London. The banner reads:

6pm, Thursday 13 February
The Cut (Young Vic Theatre)
66 The Cut
London SE1 8LZ

Your host: Sarah Farley (@thewriterswalk)

#CopywritersUnite

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 08/02/2025

Spotted on a recent walk. I wonder what’s behind the little door? #walking #london

A brick building in London with two blue doors. One normal sized and the other about half its height.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 06/02/2025

The latest in my series of shoes spotted in the wild and the first time I’ve found a pair in the middle of a road. #walking #shoes #walkingshoes

A pair of abandoned brown ankle boots in the middle of a road with a car and a bus about to drive by them.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 02/02/2025

Utterly gorgeous light in London today so I walked in search of things I could photograph for an upcoming edition of The Writer’s Walk. #morningwalk #sundaywalk #inspiration

A building on Great Eastern Street London with the words ‘let’s adore and endure each other’ painted on the side in large white letters. The words were painted by artist Steve Powers

A glimpse of St Paul’s Cathedral seen between the buildings of a narrow street (Queens Head Passage).

The Cheapside Plane tree, one of London’s oldest trees, towers above Cubbitt’s optician’s on the corner of Cheapside and Wood Street. It’s winter and the tree’s branches are bare and a blue sky can be seen between its branches.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 29/01/2025

Pics from last night’s seminar with @cqualmann.bsky.social Walking informs her work, so she led us on a walk to see what we noticed along the way. I noticed how the sky is never quite dark in London. And how the lights catch your attention, calling you in like moths to a flame. #walking #art

A narrow side street near Greenwich University with a row of bollard lights illuminating the paving stones.

A glimpse of a pub courtyard from behind an ornate metal gate. There are empty tables beneath a ceiling of fairy lights.

St Alfege Church, Greenwich, at night. The building is floodlight and the white walls shine against the dark of the night sky.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 25/01/2025

My favourite London house, on my favourite London street, looking mighty fine in the unexpected winter sun today. #shoreditch #walking

4 Princelet Street, London. A 300-year old Georgian house with flaking pinky-red paint on its walls and ground floor window shutters and the blue sky reflected in the upper floor window.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 23/01/2025

Calling all copywriters and copy lovers in London. Our next #CopywritersUnite night returns to The Cut bar from 6pm on Thursday 13 February. #CopywritersUnite nights are informal drinks with copywriters and copy lovers. No tickets, no agenda, no speakers. Just lots of friendly copy chat.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 19/01/2025

Sunday strolling through Epping Forest. Lovely group hike with Walk Wild. #walking #hiking

Epping Forest in winter. A stream weaves between the leafless trees.

A group of people hike through Epping Forest. They’re seen from behind as they walk up ahead and they’re all wrapped up warm with woolly hats.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 12/01/2025

Litter-picking loot. Today’s haul included the usual bottles and cans, VIP trash and a bucket. #LitterPicking #Walking

Close up of a litter-picking grabber stick gripping a festival wristband with the letters VIP cards on it.

A litter-picking stick pointed towards a clear line plastic bag filled with litter next to a discarded grey bucket.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 11/01/2025

It’s so lovely on here. I feel like I’ve wandered into a cosy country pub or cafe and the locals have made a space by the fire, pulled up a chair, handed me a drink and asked me my story. #writers #walkers The photo is the fireplace at Tan Hill Inn, North Yorkshire.

The fireplace at Tan Hill Inn, North Yorkshire. There’s seats on front of the fire with a large teddy bear on one of them and a cockapoo standing to the left, looking towards the fireplace.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 10/01/2025

A bit frosty on my morning walk. I saw a pair of swans flying above me, circling Victoria Park’s west lake. I realised I’ve never seen a swan fly before. A first for everything, so it was worth braving the chill. Maybe they were trying to find a landing spot on the lake that wasn’t iced over?

West Lake in Victoria Park, east London. Looking across the water, which is iced over, with bare trees on the left and right hand side banks and the Chinese Pagoda just visible behind the trees on the left bank. The lake is dim and moody but a blue sky peeps through the whisky clouds

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 09/01/2025

London in her flirty finest today. Utterly gorgeous day for a city stroll. #london #walking

A close up of one of the lions sculptures in Trafalgar Square with Nelson’s Column behind it, backdropped by a clear blue sky.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 07/01/2025

Wait until they discover the rotating lemon soap.

A bar of soap, the same shape, colour and size of a lemon, fitted to a wall hook.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 07/01/2025

I’m on dog duty so I’m off the park with my fave walking buddy. #walking #dogs

A close up of someone’s arm and gloved hand, who’s being pulled towards a park gate by a cockapoo on the end of a red lead.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 04/01/2025

There’s something special about walking a path that’s been hollowed out by thousands footsteps. This is the Nuns’ Causey (causeway), known as the Nuns’ Steps, that passes through Steps Wood in Swaledale. It connects Marrick Priory and the old Church of St Andrew with the village of Marrick. 1/2

Looking down the Nuns’ Steps that go through Steps Wood near Marrick Priory in Swaledale, Yorkshire. The narrow path has sunk over time and there’s a moss covered wall to the left and a steep bank to the right. It’s winter and there are no leaves on the trees.

Looking up the Nuns’ Steps as they head up through Steps Wood with the moss-covered wall on the right. A grey sky peeks between the bare branches of the trees.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 01/01/2025

I spotted this face in a tree on my first walk of 2025. Did you spot anything unexpected or out of place on your walk today? #walking #dailywalk

Close up of a tree trunk that has two carved wooden eyeballs, a nose and a mouth with a mustache stuck to it.

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Sarah Farley @thewriterswalk.com · 31/12/2024

Walking out the old year. Thanks for walking and writing with me in 2024. Wishing you all a happy new year filled with walks, adventures and creativity. #walking #writing

A woman walks along a track in to tbe distance in the North Yorkshire Dales followed by a cockapoo.

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