A path across open ground
Humanity Lands
Events

Ways we gather

Six forms, one question. Always in person, always near the ground.

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Sat 31 October · 09:00 The chalk walk Walk · Hertfordshire, Chalk downland
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Date to be confirmed The spring Go to the water · A chalybeate spring
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Date to be confirmed Fire and stars Round a fire, in the dark · Wain Wood, at night
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Dates to follow The barn Sing, tell stories, eat together · Pound Farm
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Every gathering is small and held outdoors where the weather allows. Some have a theme, others do not.

The form changes with the season and the place. A walk in spring, a fire in November, a night under canvas in June. The group stays the same: a few guests who see the world differently, everyone on equal footing, good healthy discussion and a sense of wonder.

Open ground, a path
01

Walks

A few hours on foot with guests who see the land in different ways. We walk. We stop. We share ideas about the place: its history, its future, and our connection to it.

How long About two and a half hours
Who Ten to fifteen people
When All year
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Fire at dusk, faces lit
02

Talks by the fire

Evening, outdoors. One guest, one fire. They speak for a short while, then the conversation opens. There are no right answers, and nobody needs to have read anything.

How long About two hours
Who Up to twenty people
When Autumn and winter
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Hands working material
03

Workshops

Hands on material from the place itself: flint, clay, wood, wool. Making is a slow way of paying attention, and it gives the talk somewhere to rest.

How long Half a day
Who Eight to twelve people
When Spring and autumn
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Camp on high ground
04

Overnight retreats

Two days and a night in one place. Walking, eating, sleeping and waking on the same ground, so the conversation has time to settle.

How long Two days, one night
Who Up to twelve people
When Late spring and summer
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Low sun over the land
05

Seasonal gatherings

At the turning points of the year: the solstices, the equinoxes, the harvest. A dawn or an evening outdoors, marking time the way the land does.

How long An evening or a dawn
Who Open to past guests
When Four times a year
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Old stone interior
06

Talks indoors

When the weather closes in, we move under a roof: a barn, a hall, a church. Still in person, still close to the ground, still present.

How long About two hours
Who Up to thirty people
When When the weather turns
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The first walk

The shape of an afternoon

About two and a half hours on the chalk. The question we hold: Where do you land?

10 minutes Gather Agree how we will be together: present, no calls or emails. One question, held for the walk.
30 to 40 minutes Walk together Feet on the ground. Talk, or simply notice what is around you.
10 minutes Stop on the chalk A guest tells us what is under our feet and how it got there.
30 minutes A flask and talk Something to eat, and the conversation opens.
15 minutes Bring it together An open conversation about what came up on the walk.
10 minutes Close A photograph together, and the give-back.