20×20 Visions

2020 has been an extraordinary year – the COVID pandemic has changed our travel behaviour for the foreseeable future, and a new ‘normal’ has as yet to evolve.

Many governments have encouraged their citizens to walk more in their local neighbourhoods, to undertake essential errands, as well as for better physical and mental health. Changes are being made in our streets to accommodate ‘social distancing’ with more outdoor space being allocated for entertainment, leisure and hospitality. Looking further in to the future, what might the world of walking be like in twenty years time?

Record your Vision for walking in 2040 on your smartphone using Voice Memo (iPhone) or Voice Notes (Android) as if you were leaving a message on our voicemail, and then send this to us by email to talkingwalking [at] museumofwalking.org.uk . We will then edit the ones we receive and publish them here on Talking Walking. Your recording should be no more than 5 minutes in duration – aim for fewer than 400 words of written text.

We ask you to answer these three questions, recording your answers on a Voice Memo / Note

Who are you and from where are you calling?
What are you working on presently that revolves around walking?
What is your vision for walking in 2040?

If you wish, please do email us a photograph (no larger than 2MB) of yourself and a transcript of what you say (if you wrote a script), that we can use to add to your Vision:

talkingwalking [at] museumofwalking.org.uk

If you would like to take part, please submit your Vision of walking in 2040 before the end of January 2021.

We are delighted to have 20×20 Visions featured in the January edition of Country Walking Magazine – we are looking forward to having some of their readers submitting their 20×20 Visions.