Prompted by Nature

4.11 52 Annabel Abbs: Walking into Creativity


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Action point:  www.accessiblecountryside.org.uk A fantastic resource for those with mobility considerations in the UK.  Gives a comprehensive range of maps to accessible routes around the UK countryside.  Definitely pop over there and have an explore and pass it on to anyone you think might find it useful.

On to the episode!  Annabel Abbs is a writer of fiction and nonfiction and in this episode we discuss her book 52 Ways to Walk.  We had this conversation a few weeks ago and with everything that’s going on in the world right now, it’s been so lovely editing it and just listening to a chat about walking!

In this episode we discuss:

  • Her journey in walking (pardon the pun!)
  • Her no-car promise to herself
  • How an accident that left her immobile caused her to recognise her privilege in being able to walk and inspired her to write about women walking
  • Why she prefers walking to running
  • The value of walking in creative thinking
  • The part that walking plays in Annabel’s creative process
  • Endocannabinoids and walking
  • Walking as rebellion
  • The concept of ‘walking deep’
  • The joy of graveyards!
  • Lessons from her journey and her hope for the future
  • Great episodes to accompany this one are:

    • Anna Neubert-Wood, WanderWomen Scotland 1.2a
    • Lucy Jones, Losing Eden 1.9a
    • Jini Reddy, ‘Wanderland’  1.10a
    • Dr Sheree Mack, Representation in Nature as a Path to Oneness 1.12a
    • Lorraine Tindale, Nature-based EMDR 2.3a
    • You can find Annabel on her website www.annabelabbs.com or on Insta, Twitter and Facebook all @annabelabbs I’ve added 52 Ways to Walk as well as Windswept, one of the books we discuss in the episode to my bookshop on bookshop.org so please feel free to have a look over there.  I’ll get a little kick back if you order through my shop, which helps me to keep the podcast going.  Thank you! You can also pop to your local library if you’re a library user and ask them to order it in.

      As always I’m www.promptedbynature.co.uk or on the socials @prompted.by.nature

      Remember to listen in to the writing prompt that follows this episode.

      Happy listening!

      Helen x

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