'No holiday', Danes Dyke, East Yorkshire, UK - 18th March 2022

After another push to update neglected write-ups and posts, I secured enough time to sit down and edit the footage taken of the 'No holiday' performance that was enacted at Danes Dyke in the East Riding of Yorkshire, UK on 18 March 2022.

The ambulatory performance began at the entrance to the Danes Dyke public park area on Flamborough Road, B1255. The access road for cars runs along the dyke to the car park which is situated on the flat area where Danes Dyke House once stood. Built in 1873 for Elizabeth Cotterell-Dormer, it was later demolished in 1953, though some relics still linger, such as the Monkey Puzzle Tree - a species imported to the Uk from South America.

Despite the Dyke's name, it is now thought that the dyke is prehistoric in origin. In the past, sections of the dyke have been used as settings for filmed reconstructions of Viking attacks.

Danes Dyke is a leisurely walk from Sewerby Hall, along the cliff-top path. This footpath continues along the cliffs, passing through South Landing and on to Flamborough Head.

This is a lovely part of the country and well worth a visit.

The walking route, the pin indicates the previous site of Danes Dyke House

Danes Dyke - Local Nature Reserve leaflet

The final recorded version hosted on YouTube

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Terminalia 2025 Roundhay Walk - Planning

As the Terminalia festival approaches once again I began to consider another walk. On 23rd February each year a one day festival of Psychogeography is held across the UK and the world, entitled 'Terminalia'.

As the festival website states, it is 'a one day festival of walking, space, place and psychogeography' named after 'Terminalia...the festival of Terminus, Roman god of boundaries'. 

Many events are group walks and encourage participation but there are also 'private, solitary walks' that are also listed on the main festival website.

This year I contemplated a walk in my hometown of Leeds, in the north of the UK. 

Roundhay Park is a large urban park covering over 700 acres, around 3 miles north of the city centre. 

The current extent of the park is the remaining section of an old hunting park, originally owned by the de Lacys, Lords of Bowland. Eventually sold to Thomas Nicholson and Samuel Elam, the northern part of the estate was taken by Nicholson and passed down through the family until being put up for sale in 1871. The rest of the old estate was sold off in sections for building development. 

It is my plan to walk close to the original boundary of the estate, making slight detours where necessary to avoid private land and other contemporary obstacles. As a guide, I am using the 1847 ordnance survey six-inch map, which seemed a fair approximation of the area and a convenient line to follow.

I have transferred the walking route onto a google map for easy reference and this can be seen below. On Sunday 23rd February, this route will be followed, walking clockwise from the end of Gledhow Lane (marked as a red dot on the map). 

Planned walking route

1847 map showing area boundary line