As I mentioned before, this is going to be my first year going around the E17 Art Trail. I am very excited about this, although the sheer volume of exhibits is a little daunting! Where do I start.
It actually officially started yesterday and will go on until Sunday – but yesterday I was at work all day and then out in the evening (I will post about the fabulousness of THAT later!). However, I still managed to see a couple of things – that’s the beauty of the art trail, if you live in Walthamstow, then there is always something you can pop to see just around the corner!
On my way to work, I managed to see most of the Poetry Trail. This really is ingenious — in Walthamstow, it is often a point of annoyance that there are simply SO many estate agents on Hoe Street – particularly between the station and the top of the market. The Poetry Trail though has embarced this fact, and the majority of the estate agents have handed over prime ‘selling space’ for the period – disaplying poems in some of the holders where they usually show the house particulars in the window!
How cool is that? I think it’s a brilliant idea – and fairplay to the estate agents – I think there are about 10 of them taking part. There are poems by members of the Forest Poets, but also by 6 and 7 year olds from local primary schools. And I have to say, THIS one was my absolute favourite.
And then on my way home, I went into Le Delice to check out Martin’s underwater photos as I had been really looking forward to seeing them! They are out the back in the ‘Moroccan Room’, so make sure that you go back there if you’re out and about. (I’m actually posting this in Delice now, and a couple oand their two young kids have just gone back there and the kids LOVED them!!)
I am not sure what else I am going to do today – I want to go to Emma & Steve‘s launch party, and I am thinking of going to the talk in the library this afternoon. It’s all just so busy, and I have had an exceptionally long, tiring week! Wish me luck!!
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