VIRTUALLY JANE
Welcome to our Jane's Walk Colchester blog

Writing, commentary and images on our local walking world
in support of our Jane's Walk festival

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Walk Colchester

Aug 8, 2021
8 min

Who the Hell is Jane Jacobs...?

On the anniversary of Jane Jacobs' birth (May 4th, 1916), we speak to journalist, researcher and author, Deborah Talbot...

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Walk Colchester

Aug 1, 2021
2 min

For the Love of Alleys

ALLEY: origin late Middle English, from Old French: alee "walking or passage", from aller "to go", from Latin: ambulare "to walk"...

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Walk Colchester

May 6, 2020
11 min

A photographic voice

One of the most interesting consequences of Sunday Traders’ photographers sharing their work together has been their diverse exploration of

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Springtime 2020 in Castle Park Colchester

Walk Colchester

May 2, 2020
1 min

Springtime 2020 in Castle Park Colchester

I have chosen a selection of my photographs to share with you here as a record of the changes in the park from late March to late April

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Apr 30, 2020
1 min

My Name is John Ball

"The History of Colchester in Eleven Acts" (Jane's Walk 2020) was going to include a performance at Firstsite of songs & poems...

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Jane's Walk leaders talk walk leading (for newcomers)

Walk Colchester

Apr 27, 2020
1 min

Jane's Walk leaders talk walk leading (for newcomers)

Two walk leaders talk about their experience of walk leading (two very different kinds of walks) for the first time...

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#SlowWays: help map a nationwide network of off-road routes between towns... volunteers needed?

Walk Colchester

Apr 18, 2020
1 min

#SlowWays: help map a nationwide network of off-road routes between towns... volunteers needed?

In the run-up to the Jane's Walk weekend, you might like to be involved in this great collaborative armchair mapping project.

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Some images from Walk Colchester across the years
(2011-2018)

VIRTUALLY JANE Welcome to our Jane's Walk Colchester blog

Writing, commentary and images on our local walking world in support of our Jane's Walk festival

Some images from Walk Colchester across the years (2011-2018)

VIRTUALLY JANE
Welcome to our Jane's Walk Colchester blog

Writing, commentary and images on our local walking world
in support of our Jane's Walk festival

Some images from Walk Colchester across the years
(2011-2018)