The Remembering Together walk in Tranent, one of six year-round walking trails
Group walks 2024
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Remembering Together walks
Tranent, Port Seton, Musselburgh, Haddington, North Berwick, Dunbar
Remembering Together is a national project by Greenspace Scotland and the Scottish Government in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It aims to make a space in the community for reflection, remembrance, hope and healing.
In East Lothian, led by artists Barbara Gardner-Rowell and Sophie Ferguson, the project mapped a series of six walking trails that reflect the daily walking practice that many people adopted during lockdown.
For Walkfest ’24 each of the six routes will have its own group walk, on different days.
Booking
Places on these walks are free, but please book in advance through our ticketing website, Citizen Ticket. A link appears next to each walk.
Remembering Together – Tranent
Date : Saturday August 24th
Time : 10 am – 12 noon
Meet : Loch Centre, Tranent
A walk for reflection, hope and healing through urban areas, fields and parkland.
Partly suitable for wheels, this is a circular walk starting from the Loch Centre.
Length: 6 km
Remembering Together – Preston, Seton, Gosford
Date : Monday August 26th
Time : 11 am - 12.15 pm
Meet : Wave Garden, Port Seton
A walk for reflection, hope and healing following a route where painted stones were laid during the COVID-19 pandemic. A flat, coastal walk with a tarmac surface suitable for wheels, starting from the Wave Garden at Port Seton and ending at Prestonpans.
Length: 3.9 km
Remembering Together – Musselburgh
Date : Wednesday August 28th
Time : 2 pm – 3 pm
Meet : Levenhall Links car park
A walk for reflection, hope and healing which crosses the links, taking in the boating pond, the bird reserve and the coastline. Starting from Levenhall Links car park, this is an easy circular walk on a flat path suitable for wheels.
Length: 1.9 km
Remembering Together – Haddington
Date : Thursday August 29th
Time : 11 am –12 noon
Meet : Nungate Bridge
A walk for reflection, hope and healing through the town, and along the river. It is a flat route on pavements, tarmac and riverside dirt path. A circular walk starting from ‘The Blether Bench’ next to Nungate Bridge.
Length: 3 km
Remembering Together – North Berwick
Time : 11.30 am – 12.30 pm
Meet : Haugh Top Car Park
Date : Saturday August 31st
A walk for reflection, hope and healing along a coastal path with stunning views, skirting the Glen Golf Course. A moderately challenging route, with some cliff edge paths and a hill to climb. Care must be taken to avoid golf in play.
No 120 bus returns to North Berwick at 1.07 pm for those who do not wish to walk back.
Length: 2 km
Remembering Together – Dunbar
Date : Sunday September 1st
Time : 2 pm – 3.30 pm
Meet : Spott Village Hall
A walk for reflection, hope and healing with stunning panoramic views across the Firth of Forth. A moderately challenging circular route across fields, tarmac and cinder paths, with a hill to climb. Starting from Spott Village Hall.
Length: 2.8 km
Remembering Together guides
Full details of all six Remembering Together walks, including maps to download as a PDF, can be found on the website of the John Gray Centre.
Remembering Together East Lothian is supported by East Lothian Arts Service, Greenspace Scotland and the Scottish Government
