T100 Calling: T100 Walking, Talking & Making Festival 2020.

T100 Walking Festival: T100 Calling takes as its theme mandalas in 2020. A series of walks led by experienced walkers will visit sites along the Thames Estuary, starting and ending in Purfleet–on–Thames. At key locations on the walks, beautiful large-scale mandalas will be made. Open to all.

Download the Mandala Activity Packs to get prepared. To find out more visit: http://thurrock100.com/2020-walks/

Sat 26 September 2020 10:00 – 15:00

Walk from Ockenden station to Little Belhus Country Park

Renewal: Mandala make to create a living wildlife habitat, stone painting and park tours

Walk takes 1½ hours at a leisurely pace including chatting time

Gentle walk around the north east part of South Ockendon. See a variety of buildings – from modern day to the church which was built over 800 years ago.

Pass through a variety of landscapes – from modern housing estate to farmland and hear a few snippets of history of the area.

You may be surprised when you take a closer look at a place most people drive straight though!

At Little Belhus Country Park we will be working with Rural Arisings and the Grass Roof Company on the creation of a new insect habitat; using recycled brick, concrete and cement, to make a permanent mandala on a capped landfill site that is being transformed into a country park.

Enjoy tours of the site, stone painting activities and a picnic in between making the mandala that will become the basis of a new rock garden.

Click the Renewal Mandala Gallery link to see mandalas made by the T100 community in preparation for this theme.

Tickets are free but must be booked in advance.

A condition of booking is that all attending agree to follow our Covid-19 Guidelines

Only 30 places are available for each event so social distancing can be managed.

Book the WALK via Eventbrite

Visit the event website for specific walk timings and details about the walks and routes.