Suburban Birmingham might not be the first place that comes to mind for visiting ancient stones but maybe it should be.
450,000 years ago an ice sheet carried thousands of lumps of volcanic rock from the mountains of North Wales and deposited them in the English Midlands. These “erratic” boulders can now be found lurking in the parks, gardens, graveyards and roadside verges of 21st Century suburbia. The word “erratic” comes from the Latin errare meaning to wander, roam or stray.
Join Walkspace members Andy and Bharti for a short tour of the wandering rocks of Bournville and Cotteridge. We’ll be paying tribute to the boulders by pouring from water jars (Birmingham’s tap water also comes from Wales) and reading aloud from Alyson Hallett’s “Stone Monologues”. We also invite you to bring along a pocket sized stone of your own.
Meet outside the Bournville Lane entrance to Bournville Station, B30 1LG, at 11am, Sunday 22nd February. The walk is 1.5 miles long, finishing at Kings Norton Station with the option of continuing into Kings Norton to find a cafe or pub after. Terrain is mostly tarmac and paving with optional forays onto the grass. Some moderate inclines but no steps. Toilets are available in The Shed cafe in Cotteridge Park.
To book please email: walkspace.uk@gmail.com
Terminalia is a festival of walking, space, place and psychogeography on and around 23rd Feburary. Terminalia was the festival of Terminus, Roman god of boundaries and landmarks! Events have been run on this day since 2011.
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