Transition Derby

Stephanie Bradley who works for the Transition Town organisation based in Totnes, Devon is seen arriving at Derby City Centre on her 6 month walking journey visiting all of the Transition Towns in the United Kingdom. Stephanie started her walk on March 28th and is on her 64th day of her 180 day journey. She is visiting all the Transition Towns in the UK is as a result of an incredibly vivid dream she had in September of last year, where she saw herself walking between all the towns and villages that were part of the rapidly growing Transition Town World. Rob Hopkins, her boss and the founder of the Transition Town movement, thought that is was a great way to link all the towns together, agreed for her to take 6 months leave to complete the project. Stephanie, who is walking the whole 1720 miles in her pink Brasilian flip-flops, walks between 10 and 20 miles each day with two to three rest days every two weeks. She carries all her possessions in her rucksack and is doing the whole journey on her own, with just her blackberry and notebook to keep her in contact with the Transitioners she meets up with along the way. When she left Totnes just over two months ago she had most of her overnight stays sorted with fellow Transitioners and other people involved with Climate Change issues. Her trip through the East Midlands started when she visited Transition Leicester, followed by Transition Nottingham and had broken her walk from Nottingham to Derby in Long Eaton to visit friends. For the next stage of her walk along the river Derwent into Derby, members of Transition Derby, seen in the photo, met her at Shardlow and walked with her via Ambaston, along the side of the Derwent to Borrowash, then along the Derby Canal to Spondon and finally via Pride Park into Derby City Centre. Looking at the photo, Stephanie Bradley can be seen on the left clutching her maps with William Barron, Bromwyn Truscott, Jacque the dog, Maryvonne Barron and Graham Truscott clustered around the map of Derby City Centre. In line with every evening her feet luxuriated in hot water, whilst Stephanie swapped tales and stories of her trip through the British countryside linking all the Transition Towns she has visited. She showed to herself to be a very tenacious lady with a big dream, a huge heart, lots of stamina and a strong constitution as the next day saw Stephanie walking on up the A6 to Transition Belper via Whatstandwell to Transition Matlock. Her resilience to the rigours of her walk gave us some idea of the resilience that we all need to build in Derby as in every town to secure the future of our communities. Many thanks Stephanie for visiting us … happy walking…