Tamsin L Grainger
@walknodonkey.bsky.social
She/her walking like a tortoise, author, artist & Shiatsu giver. Edinburgh, Scotland https://www.tamsingrainger.com/ https://walkingwithoutadonkey.com/
Knots, a community walk Knots, a community walk which is part of the Madelvic House / Granton:hub Doors Open Day event
Knots, a community walk
Knots, a community walk which is part of the Madelvic House / Granton:hub Doors Open Day event
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Winter Solstice 2025 I took a walk with Kristina Rothstein, together-apart, she in Vancouver, Canada, and I in Edinburgh, Scotland. We made a film which responded to a prompt by Kel Portman and was accepted to be part of his assemblage. Kristina is on instagram @imatarockshow
Winter Solstice 2025
I took a walk with Kristina Rothstein, together-apart, she in Vancouver, Canada, and I in Edinburgh, Scotland. We made a film which responded to a prompt by Kel Portman and was accepted to be part of his assemblage. Kristina is on instagram @imatarockshow
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Walking in Pairs 6 A brief account and a film made during and after a walk together-apart by Kristina Rothstein in Vancouver and Tamsin Grainger in Edinburgh
Walking in Pairs 6
A brief account and a film made during and after a walk together-apart by Kristina Rothstein in Vancouver and Tamsin Grainger in Edinburgh
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A blog about a walk I took in Glasgow from Queens Street Station to the Glasgow Womens Library
Free to Explore
A short film made after walks in Glasgow, Scotland between Queen Street Station and the Glasgow Woimens Library
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They're at it again, wasting Council money on cutting down beautiful green habitats when they could be eg mending roads to make it safe for cyclists #cityofedinburghcouncil
Walking to Cramond Island Walking to Cramond Island, film on Vimeo (2021) Walking to Cramond Island (2021) Cramond Island, Edinburgh Featuring the Dragon's Teeth "... concrete pyramids, much larger than the usual dragons' teeth, were erected alongside the causeway during the Second World War to…
Walking to Cramond Island
Walking to Cramond Island, film on Vimeo (2021) Walking to Cramond Island (2021) Cramond Island, Edinburgh Featuring the Dragon's Teeth "... concrete pyramids, much larger than the usual dragons' teeth, were erected alongside the causeway during the Second World War to prevent enemy boats coming through the gap between Cramond and Cramond Island." Anne Burgess
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Wondering at the shafts of light, the specks of white whatevers in the air, the hoopoe hoo-hooing - all parts of the 'genius' spirit of the Montseny National Park. Thanks to Luke Winter and Lapidus Scotland for this morning's Budding Writers @lukewinters.bsky.social #cataluna
First Sunday and I'll do a wee #distancedrift @soniaoverall.bsky.social because the sun's shining after the storm and I'll look for egg-related, egg-shaped...
Join us for a community walk in solidarity with the people who live along the Lebanon Mountain Trail. 19 April 2pm meeting at North Edinburgh Arts
Walking the Pennywell Labyrinth in solidarity with Lebanon
The Walk Club upcoming community walk in solidarity with the people of Lebanon
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Walking in Pairs: a walking art / walking sound work by Kristina Rothsetine and Tamsin Grainger
Walking in Pairs 4
4th in the Walking in Pairs series with Kristina Rothstein in Vancouver, Canada and Tamsin Grainger in Edinburgh, Scotland. Walking together, apart. December 4th 2025. Our theme: Freedom / Constraint Kristina Tamsin Kristina (9.45) : It was a chilly rainy day. I walked from my house to Queen Elizabeth Park, a large municipal arboretum which includes ornamental gardens, duck ponds, a pitch and putt course, frisbee golf course, restaurant, and tropical conservatory.
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The Walk Club, Edinburgh A brand-new Edinburgh walking / wheeling club offering ambulatory meet-ups that focus on local history, art, and urban nature ~ with a twist ~
The Walk Club, Edinburgh
A brand-new Edinburgh walking / wheeling club offering ambulatory meet-ups that focus on local history, art, and urban nature ~ with a twist ~
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Enjoy a relaxed Sunday afternoon stroll visiting vibrant murals in North Edinburgh
Pennywell Murals Community Walk
Join us on a community walk in North Edinburgh to visit the Pennywell Arts and Heritage Trail murals
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A post that describes secular pilgrimage and assembles many journeys taken between 2016 and the present. It crosses Europe, and covers walking, art-making, and psychogeography. Links to other related blogs are offered.
Walking Secular Pilgrimage
In October 2016, aged 53, and needing a change, I stepped out of my front door in Edinburgh for an adventure. First visiting relatives by train in the New Forest, England then it was a boat from Portsmouth across the Bay of Biscay to Santander where I started walking. Coming into Santander. “I craved to go beyond the garden gate, to follow the road that passed it by and to set out for the unknown.” from My Journey to Llasa by Alexandra David-Neel…
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Walking #distancedrift with @sonia.overall searching for rabbits and hares but only body parts were to be found
Rock On! We had a great community walk last Sunday For the Festival of Terminalia - all about the rocks along the coast of Granton and the islands Inchkeith and Cramond and the rock music studios...concrete...cairn walkingwithoutadonkey.com/2026/02/24/r...
A Festival of Terminalia community walking event in Granton, Edinburgh
Rock On!
This community walking event took place on Sunday 22 February 2026 18 adults plus a baby in a buggy and 2 dogs met at Wardie Bay on the edge of Edinburgh for a Festival of Terminalia walk. We walked along the Lower Granton and West Shore roads to Granton 'the brick' Beach. We made a cairn of the stones we had collected at Wardie, to mark the boundary between sea and land.
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Really chuffed to have an essay about my 2025 search for the Granton Burn featured by @caughtbytheriver
"... rivers... are true boundaries of land, true markers of place, key to its spirit, its feeling" @ghostsosilver Alice Maddicott from Tender Maps
Caught by the River@caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · 6mo ago‘It was unfamiliar territory, but I was not lost.’ In Edinburgh, @walknodonkey.bsky.social spent 2025 on a quest for a hidden river www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/02/shad...
February First Friday Walk Prompt Walk/What3Words///, a walk in 3 parts Guidelines for the February 2026 First Friday Walk (FFW)Please note that this is a distal prompt, but you can, of course, arrange to walk in a couple or a group wherever you are. Choose a place to walk and make work.Find out…
February First Friday Walk Prompt
Walk/What3Words///, a walk in 3 parts Guidelines for the February 2026 First Friday Walk (FFW)Please note that this is a distal prompt, but you can, of course, arrange to walk in a couple or a group wherever you are. Choose a place to walk and make work.Find out the W3W/// location for your starting place (you will probably have a few options, so choose the one you like best or are most attracted to.)*
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The Forest of Dean Walking the Gloucestershire Way through the Forest of Dean from Chepstow. Injury and using the right and left sides of the brain.
The Forest of Dean
Walking the Gloucestershire Way through the Forest of Dean from Chepstow. Injury and using the right and left sides of the brain.
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North Edinburgh Art Trail An arts trail in North Edinburgh, from Natalie Taylor's labyrinth at Pennywell Kirk to the mural on the Edinburgh Direct Aid Warehouse wall made by Draya Madú with Eva Paredes and volunteers. Map here. Labyrinth by Natalie Taylor A Cretan labyrinth in the grounds of…
North Edinburgh Art Trail
An arts trail in North Edinburgh, from Natalie Taylor's labyrinth at Pennywell Kirk to the mural on the Edinburgh Direct Aid Warehouse wall made by Draya Madú with Eva Paredes and volunteers. Map here. Labyrinth by Natalie Taylor A Cretan labyrinth in the grounds of Pennywell Kirk (Old Kirk and Muirhouse Parish Church) constructed by artist Natalie Taylor in 2016. It takes approximately 15 minutes to walk slowly into the centre.
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Deep Encounters: Edinburgh Deep Encounters is a Walking the Land project conceived of by Janette Kerr. Deep Encounters is a multifaceted mapping of a small piece of land involving artists working in different areas/location. At its centre is the perception of a space in a much more intricate way…
Deep Encounters: Edinburgh
Deep Encounters is a Walking the Land project conceived of by Janette Kerr. Deep Encounters is a multifaceted mapping of a small piece of land involving artists working in different areas/location. At its centre is the perception of a space in a much more intricate way than normal. Janette Kerr There is a patch of woodland in the municipal park near my house where I will be walking regularly.
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These Old Paths A film made during and in response to the January 2026 First Friday Walk, prompted by Lucy Guenot. She wrote, "Let’s think about the walks and the paths and tracks that are most familiar to us: the comfort of taking a well-known route where you don’t need to think about directions…
These Old Paths
A film made during and in response to the January 2026 First Friday Walk, prompted by Lucy Guenot. She wrote, "Let’s think about the walks and the paths and tracks that are most familiar to us: the comfort of taking a well-known route where you don’t need to think about directions or following a map. "Reflect also on the history of old tracks, made by centuries of walking:
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A new morning, gleaming metal bench and shining sands in Edinburgh. Happy New Year distance drifters #distancedrift
It's the first #DistanceDrift of the year, and today's wander invites you to seek out the shiny and new. Wrap up warm or saunter in your slippers; interpret freely; share finds as you go or at the end.
Walking in Pairs 3 – Mapping The 3rd in the Walking in Pairs series with Kristina Rothstein in Canada and Tamsin Grainger in Scotland.
Walking in Pairs 3 – Mapping
The 3rd in the Walking in Pairs series with Kristina Rothstein in Canada and Tamsin Grainger in Scotland.
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The second in the series Walking in Pairs with Kristina Rothstein in Tokyo Japan and Tamsin Grainger in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Walking in Pairs 2 -Tokyo / Edinburgh
For our second walk together-apart, Kristina Rothstein and I walked in Tokyo, Japan and Edinburgh, Scotland respectively. 2nd October 2025. The agreed location was the city, and coordinated stops were scheduled for the beginning, middle and end. Tokyo Leith, Edinburgh Kristina's walk The walk started at 7pm Tokyo time, on the last night of my three and half week trip to Japan.
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The Granton Burn, from hill to sea This original stitched map (November 2025) shows the route of the Granton Burn, rising at the top of Corstorphine Hill not far from the Scott Tower, and flowing down to Royston / Granton / 'The Brick' Beach and into the Firth of Forth. Imagine you are buried in…
The Granton Burn, from hill to sea
This original stitched map (November 2025) shows the route of the Granton Burn, rising at the top of Corstorphine Hill not far from the Scott Tower, and flowing down to Royston / Granton / 'The Brick' Beach and into the Firth of Forth. Imagine you are buried in the ground up to your armpits! This is no bird's eye nor drone-view.
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