{"id":550,"date":"2014-07-20T22:42:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T21:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/?p=550"},"modified":"2021-01-14T21:04:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T21:04:57","slug":"walking-through-the-sands-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/07\/20\/walking-through-the-sands-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking Through the Sands of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Jake Campbell (Poet); Tim Collier (Photographer); Mike Collier (Visual Artist) and Rob Strachan (Sound Artist) with Hive and Sam Wiehl&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A 30 Km Walk Along the Sefton Coastal Footpath, July 2014<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5088.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5088.jpg 900w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5088-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5088-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5088-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5088-508x381.jpg 508w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5088-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Image by Tim Collier<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The walk followed the Sefton Coastal Path (a recognised \u2018National Path\u2019 \u2013 see&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/dna\/place-london\/plain\/A5839121\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/dna\/place-london\/plain\/A5839121<\/a>) from start to finish over 4 days (2 weekends \u2013 12\/13 &amp; 20\/21) in July 2014 . The Footpath is approximately 22.5 miles long. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project was organised and funded in conjunction with&nbsp;<em>The Atkinson<\/em>&nbsp;(see&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatkinson.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.theatkinson.co.uk\/<\/a>) and the&nbsp;<em>Sefton Coastal Landscape Partnership<\/em>&nbsp;(see&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seftoncoast.org.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.seftoncoast.org.uk\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"575\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicmasonry-gallery rl-hover-icon-3\" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gutter-sizer\"><\/div><div class=\"rl-grid-sizer\"><\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item rl-gallery-item-width-4\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sands01.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sands01-300x275.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Walk2-copyweb.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Walk2-copyweb-300x275.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Walk4-copyweb.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Walk4-copyweb-300x275.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It was timed to coincide with the showing of the exhibition&nbsp;<strong>Walk On: From Richard Long to Janet Cardiff \u2013 Forty years of Art Walking<\/strong>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<em>The Atkinson<\/em>&nbsp;(from the 12 April to the 9 August 2014) which included work by myself and which I also co-curated and wrote a chapter for the accompanying book titled \u2018On Ways of Walking and Making Art\u2019. (ISBN: 978-1-906832-08-7 and see also&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/walk.uk.net\/portfolio\/walk-on\">http:\/\/walk.uk.net\/portfolio\/walk-on<\/a>); and a chapter in \u2018Walking, landscape and Environment\u2019 published by Routledge \u2013 see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Walking-Landscape-and-Environment\/Borthwick-Marland-Stenning\/p\/book\/9781138630109\">https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Walking-Landscape-and-Environment\/Borthwick-Marland-Stenning\/p\/book\/9781138630109<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/009-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-726\" width=\"619\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/009-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/009-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/009-1-508x339.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The project was featured on Countryfile in April 2014 when Mike was interviewed by presenter Shauna Lowry who herself is a keen amateur wildlife photographer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b041j5rr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b041j5rr<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatkinson.co.uk\/2014\/06\/10109\/\">https:\/\/www.theatkinson.co.uk\/2014\/06\/10109\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/010-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-727\" width=\"617\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/010-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/010-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/010-1-508x339.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sefton Coast stretches from the mouth of the River Mersey to Marshside, north of Southport and is England\u2019s largest undeveloped dune system. It is a landscape alive with special wildlife and its coastal waters are &#8216;home&#8217; to famous shipwrecks like the &#8216;Star of Hope&#8217; and the coast&#8217;s special flora and fauna comprises nationally scarce examples.&nbsp; It is a wind-swept land that is constantly in motion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-2\" data-gallery_id=\"553\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicmasonry-gallery rl-hover-icon-3\" id=\"rl-gallery-2\" data-gallery_no=\"2\"> <div class=\"rl-gutter-sizer\"><\/div><div class=\"rl-grid-sizer\"><\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item rl-gallery-item-width-4\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/001.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/001-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/002.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/002-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/003.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/003-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" 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class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/006.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/006-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/007.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/007-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/008.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/008-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/011.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/011-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/012.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/012-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/013.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/013-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/014.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/014-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Images by Tim Collier<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The title for the project was inspired by Phil Smith\u2019s excellent book,&nbsp;<em>The Sands of Time<\/em>&nbsp;and our thanks to him for letting us use this reference. Anyone at all interested in the walk, or in the natural (and social) history of the Sefton Coast are encouraged to read The Sands of Time \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/oc3nryz\">please click here for further information about where to buy it.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sands_of_Time_e-briefing-6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sands of Time walk briefing notes<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Elegy_for_Bert_Trautmann.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elegy for Bert Trautman: Poem by Jake Campbell<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Campbell (Poet); Tim Collier (Photographer); Mike Collier (Visual Artist) and Rob Strachan (Sound Artist) with Hive and Sam Wiehl&nbsp; A 30 Km Walk Along the Sefton Coastal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/sands_feature.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1077,"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions\/1077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}