All of my walks have been made alone.
A week or so ago, however, on the afternoon of the 11th of April, I organised a group walk around the large Mount Nebo, Mount Keira circuit. Visiting artists, Simon Pope and Julian Priest, together with Kim Williams, Ilka Nelson and Ailsa Grieve, joined me for a convivial walk up to the wrecked car sites. It was a lovely warm afternoon. We started out around 2pm and returned just before nightfall.
I had just completed the 7th walk two days before and at that stage regarded the project as essentially finished.
It felt odd to do the walk in different way and to discover different responses to the wrecked cars.
This walk somehow made me aware that I was not finished. Something more was needed. I wondered whether this was a long piece of reflective writing – a kind of project summary – but realised that I had nothing specific to say that I had not already said. I also realised that I could not write from outside the event structure that I had established. Writing was only possible within the context of walking. But there was no need to collect further car parts. On what basis then could I write anymore?