Walking Commentary
Thoughts while waiting to walk from Manchester to Rome in 2022
Your experience of this chapbook starts with looking. Perhaps you’ll find more geographic detail than can be comprehended, perhaps less image resolution than you’d like.
A camera asks a question. The answer is in the image. A photographic dyad.
The colour palette and forms of broccoli are intriguing.
Aren’t we mortal, fragile and perhaps a little afraid?
I’m pleased to write that chapbook subscriptions have gone well. My thanks to all you early movers. You enabled me to confirm the viability of the publication for 2022 and in return for your advance commitments, you secured heavily discounted pricing. I’ll honour that price no matter when you confirm your subscription.
The Wild Atlantic Way
There had been a plan to walk from Manchester to Rome in 2020. It was thwarted by SARS-CoV-2 restrictions in 2020 and again in 2021. I considered walking one of the world’s longest defined coastal routes instead. The Wild Atlantic Way traces the rugged, indented western coast of Ireland, some 2600 km, the same distance as those pilgrim trails the pandemic put beyond reach.
