Walkingtalks

20/08/2024

Thank you Martin, Julia, Eileen, Anne, Dominic, Linda, Liz, Lucy, Maria, Margot and Chris for joining me for my Literary Bournemouth guided walk today. It was such a lovely, warm day and an enjoyable time. Thank you Miramar Hotel Bournemouth for allowing us to walk through for stories about your historic literary guests.

My next walk is on Saturday 7th September at Kings Park Cemetery - find full details on walkingtalks.wordpress.com

20/08/2024

This should be interesting - I hope to see some walkingtalkers there! Friday 30th August at St Peter's Church, Bournemouth.
Click on the link for full details.

Celebrate the legendary author of Frankenstein at St Peter's Church, located just yards away from her final resting place, with two exclusive performances. The Bournemouth Writing Festival, in collaboration with the Shelley Trust, is hosting a special evening of performances and discussions dedicate...

18/08/2024

TODAY!! Tuesday 20th August
Literary Bournemouth guided walk
Starts at 11am. Meet Hattie outside Waterstones Bookshop in the Gervis Arcade, BH1 2AH.
Join Hattie Miles on this circular walk to discover Bournemouth’s many interesting literary connections. Originally conceived for the Bournemouth Writing Festival in 2023, it has since been booked by a number of groups and was, once again, a sell-out for the Writing Festival in April this year. Now, here it is on the “no need to book, just turn up” schedule.
Find full details at walkingtalks.wordpress.com
Price: £6 (students and over 60s £5) Please bring cash as it saves bank charges and enables me to keep my prices low.

17/08/2024

Enjoyable walk round Kings Park Cemetery with Libby, Anne, Martin, Lucy and Helmut today (17th August). Thank you all for coming. Lots of discussion, observations and cheery chat as we discovered some of the interesting people resting there. It was a lovely warm day too.

This walk is repeated on Saturday 7th September - find full details at walkingtalks.wordpress.com

13/08/2024

Back by popular demand!!
TODAY!! Saturday 17th August, starting at 11am (no need to book just turn up!)
A Guided Walk Round Kings Park Cemetery
Find full details at walkingtalks.wordpress.com
Bournemouth East Cemetery on the edge of King’s Park, Boscombe, is the final resting place a number of fascinating people that include a Victorian pantomime star, a 19th century war hero, a uniquely eccentric Bournemouth poet, a Spitfire flying ace and a world champion motorcyclist. This informative walk tells their stories and much, much more.
The walk is repeated on Saturday 7th September, starting at 11am (no need to book, just turn up!)
We meet at the entrance to the cemetery near Kings Park Drive and Petersfield Road (close to the old Kings Park Nursery site BH7 6LR). Please arrive in time to set off at 11am.
Price: £6 (over sixties £5) … please bring cash as this helps me to keep my prices low and solves the vagaries of the wifi signal being down!

13/08/2024

Lovely Literary Bournemouth walk today (Tuesday 13th August) with Paula, Christina, Mark, Sharon and Kit ... thank you all for coming and the Miramar Hotel Bournemouth for letting us walk through for stories about your famous literary guests.
This walk is repeated next Tuesday 20th August - find full details at walkingtalks.wordpress.com

02/08/2024

Walks coming up:
LITERARY BOURNEMOUTH:
Tuesdays 13th and 20th August, both starting at 11am – no need to book just turn up ... £6

KINGS PARK CEMETERY:
Saturday 17th August, starting at 11am (no need to book, just turn up!) and
Saturday 7th September, starting at 11am (no need to book, just turn up!!

Find full details at walkingtalks.wordpress.com

02/08/2024

Back by popular demand!!
Bournemouth East Cemetery on the edge of King’s Park, Boscombe, is the final resting place a number of fascinating people that include a Victorian pantomime star, a 19th century war hero, a uniquely eccentric Bournemouth poet, a Spitfire flying ace and a world champion motorcyclist. This informative walk tells their stories and much, much more.
Saturday 17h August, starting at 11am (no need to book, just turn up!)
Saturday 7th September, starting at 11am (no need to book, just turn up!)
We meet at the entrance to the cemetery near Kings Park Drive and Petersfield Road (close to the old Kings Park Nursery site BH7 6LR). Please arrive in time to set off at 11am.
Price: £6 (over sixties £5) … please bring cash as this helps me to keep my prices low and solves the vagaries of the wifi signal being down!

01/08/2024

Another walk (not mine) that I highly recommend, is an art walk at Christchurch Priory. This very informative and well researched walk describes some of the fascinating artwork in the Priory. I really enjoyed it. The next one is on August 7th at 2pm and is called “Art In The Priory – By the same hand”. It is repeated on 11th September – full details can be found on the Priory website.

26/07/2024

It was a perfect day for a walk - thank you Helmut, Kate, Robin, Heather, Libby and Ian for coming along to my Literary Bournemouth walk. Thank you too Miramar Hotel Bournemouth for allowing us to walk through your lovely hotel for Terence Rattigan and JRR Tolkien - there were lots of nice comments about your garden!! It looked glorious in the sunshine and lots of people were enjoying coffee on the terrace.
The walk will be repeated on Tuesdays 13th and 20th August - find full details at walkingtalks.wordpress.com

23/07/2024

TODAY!! FRIDAY 26th JULY starting at 11am –
LITERARY BOURNEMOUTH: a guided walk with Hattie Miles
Price: £6 (students and over 60s £5) Please bring cash.
Meet Hattie outside Waterstones Bookshop in the Gervis Arcade, BH1 2AH
no need to book just turn up
Find full details at walkingtalks.wordpress.com

Join Hattie Miles on this circular walk to discover Bournemouth’s many interesting literary connections. Originally conceived for the Bournemouth Writing Festival in 2023, it has since been booked by a number of groups and was, once again, a sell-out for the Writing Festival in April this year. Now, for the first time, it is on the “no need to book, just turn up” schedule. This is the first date, but there will be more literary walks in coming months.
Find full details at walkingtalks.wordpress.com
Pictured are Bournemouth Writing Festival walkers and some of the literary names you will discover.

The walk will be repeated on Tuesdays 13th and 20th August

22/07/2024

Back by popular demand!!
Bournemouth East Cemetery on the edge of King’s Park, Boscombe, is the final resting place a number of fascinating people that include a Victorian pantomime star, a 19th century war hero, a uniquely eccentric Bournemouth poet, a Spitfire flying ace and a world champion motorcyclist. This informative walk tells their stories and much, much more.

Saturday 17h August, starting at 11am (no need to book, just turn up!)

Saturday 7th September, starting at 11am (no need to book, just turn up!)

We meet at the entrance to the cemetery near Kings Park Drive and Petersfield Road (close to the old Kings Park Nursery site BH7 6LR). Please arrive in time to set off at 11am.

Price: £6 (over sixties £5) … please bring cash as this helps me to keep my prices low and solves the vagaries of the wifi signal being down!

19/07/2024

Thank you Barbara, Ellen, Rob, Robert and Phil for coming along, on a boiling hot morning, for my Literary Bournemouth guided walk (Friday 19th July). Lovely to find lots of cool shady trees in St Peter's churchyard, in the Russell-Cotes garden and Bournemouth Lower Gardens. Thank you Miramar Hotel Bournemouth for allowing us to walk through to discover your interesting literary history. Here is the group sitting on your sunny terrace.
The next Literary Bournemouth walk is next Friday (26th July). We meet outside Waterstones Bookshop in the Gervis Arcade at 11am. £6 - please bring cash
Find full details on walkingtalks.wordpress.com

If you come on the 26th you can always pop along to St Peter's Church afterwards and see the Otis Jay Bluesband between 1pm and 2pm. Parry's cafe at the church will be open for refreshments.

19/07/2024

THREE dates for the Otis Jay Blues Band:
This Sunday (21st July) find them at Poole Hill Brewery from 3pm to 6pm.
Next Friday (26th July) they are playing from 1 - 2pm at St Peter's Church, Bournemouth ...
and on Saturday 10th August they will be at Chaplains Cellar Bar in Boscombe.
Regular walkingtalker Michael Heatley is the Otis Jay bass player and the band are building a fine audience for their gigs. Do go along and support them!!.

17/07/2024

FOUR dates for my LITERARY BOURNEMOUTH guided walk:
Fridays 19th and 26th July, starting at 11am –
and Tuesdays 13th and 20th August

Price: £6 (students and over 60s £5) Please bring cash.
Meet Hattie outside Waterstones Bookshop in the Gervis Arcade, BH1 2AH
no need to book just turn up
Find full details at walkingtalks.wordpress.com

Join Hattie Miles on this circular walk to discover Bournemouth’s many interesting literary connections. Originally conceived for the Bournemouth Writing Festival in 2023, it has since been booked by a number of groups and was, once again, a sell-out for the Writing Festival in April this year. Now, for the first time, it is on the “no need to book, just turn up” schedule. This is the first date, but there will be more literary walks in coming months.
Find full details at walkingtalks.wordpress.com
Pictured are Bournemouth Writing Festival walkers and some of the literary names you will discover.

13/07/2024

Lots of fun today with my regular walking group Jane, Elaine, Rob, Gill, Bruce, Ellen, Mandy and David who joined me for the Poole Park Lake walk. There was coffee at The Kitchen cafe, amusement on the keep-fit equipment and anecdotes about childhood visits and rides on the train ... thank you all for coming on this reasonably warm and dry day!!

This enjoyable walk can be booked for a group or club ... £7 per head - minimum charge £50 - find details on walkingtalks.wordpress.com

27/06/2024

Hello everybody ... I think I'm back!! But competition from The Euros, Glastonbury, Wimbledon, my birthday and even the election mean that I will resume walks after 14th July ... keep your eyes peeled for dates and times ... and I will also send out a, hopefully, fully informative newsletter!!!! Hope you are all enjoying this blast of sunny summer.
Hattie :-)

05/06/2024

Many apologies for the lack of information during May … May has been a bit of a challenge but I hope my walk plans will be back to normal very soon. As you can see from the post below, I am doing booked in walks but walk-up walks are on hold. I will be back on full form soon. Good wishes to everyone.

04/06/2024

A really enjoyable "Literary Bournemouth" walk with Fordingbridge U3A this morning (Tuesday 4th June). Thank you Sue, Nora, Liz, Hilary, Mary, Ian, Robbi, Elizabeth, Steve, Frank, Angela, Sylvia and Liz for coming along. Thank you Miramar Hotel Bournemouth for you help and the weather for being pretty perfect.

06/05/2024

Good news about the Palace Court Theatre that features in my James Bond "Licence To Thrill" walks and talks ... here's a story from the BBC website:

Bournemouth's Palace Court Theatre is being reactivated as a venue by the town's university..

30/04/2024

May walk dates will be posted soon!!

30/04/2024

Another successful Literary Bournemouth walk, this time with East Dorset Heritage Trust ... thank you Tony, Anita, Gillian, Jill, David, Diana, Esther, Liz and Judith for coming along. Here you all are by the Shelley grave - you were a lovely group to take round - and wasn't it good to have the sunshine!!

30/04/2024

Another successful Literary Bournemouth walk, this time with East Dorset Heritage Trust ... thank you Tony, Anita, Gillian, Jill, David, Diana, Esther, Liz and Judith for coming along. It was a perfect morning for it. Thank you Miramar Hotel Bournemouth for letting us walk through the hotel again - it's always a bit of a highlight - your literary connections are fascinating.

29/04/2024

May walk dates will be posted very soon!!

28/04/2024

Thank you everyone who came on my Literary Bournemouth walk today (Sunday 28th April) as part of the Bournemouth Writing Festival. Here you all are giving me a nice round of applause at the end of the tour. Thank you Dominic Wong at Bournemouth Writing Festival for organising it all - and the sunshine for appearing eventually!!

28/04/2024

Walkers on my Literary Bournemouth walk for the Bournemouth Writing Festival today (Sunday 28th April). Thank you Miramar Hotel Bournemouth for letting us walk through the hotel from back to front to hear stories about your famous literary guests. And thank you everyone who came along for the walk!!

27/04/2024

A really nice walk this morning at Kings Park Cemetery. Thank you Jane, Duncan Fliss, Diana, Paul, Sharon, Sue, Malcolm and Trish for coming along. It was great to have glimpses of sunshine and to be given interesting snippets to add to my stories. Hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did.
The Kings Park Cemetery walk will be repeated again soon.

24/04/2024

TODAY!! Saturday 27th April, 11am start:
Bournemouth East Cemetery on the edge of King’s Park, Boscombe, is the final resting place of a number of fascinating people that include a Victorian pantomime star, a 19th century war hero, a uniquely eccentric Bournemouth poet, a Spitfire flying ace and a world champion motorcyclist. This informative walk tells their stories and much, much more.
Find full details on walkingtalks.wordpress.com

My photograph shows Mensa club walkers out on this walk last week

Saturday 6th April, starting at 11am (no need to book, just turn up!) and
Saturday 27th April, starting at 11am (no need to book, just turn up!)

We meet at the entrance to the cemetery on Kings Park Drive and Petersfield Road (close to the old Kings Park Nursery site BH7 6LR). Please arrive in time to set off at 11am.
Price: £6 (over sixties £5) … please bring cash as this helps me to keep my prices low and solves the vagaries of the wifi signal being down!
Find full details at walkingtalks.wordpress.com

24/04/2024

Thank you Norma, Jenny, Gerry, Wendy, Julia and Bernard
for coming along to my ABC of Boscombe guided walk this morning (Wednesday 24th April). I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. It was a little chilly but glad to say there was no rain today!!
My next walk is Kings Park Cemetery on Saturday 27th April, starting at 11am. Find details at walkingtalks.wordpress.com

17/04/2024

The ABC of Boscombe: Wednesdays 10th and 24th April starting at 11am.

A history walk around Kings Park Cemetery: Saturdays 6th and 27th April starting at 11am.

Literary Bournemouth as part of the Bournemouth Writing Festival: Sunday 28th April (Booking essential SOLD OUT)