Our September walk

 

Histories, ballet, jazz, selfies, sculpture and sunshine – our September walk in Woolwich

On a scorching Saturday, we ambled to Woolwich Arsenal to explore its parks and riverside. 

We peered into a window of the new Acosta Dance Centre, formerly a military academy and officers' mess – and found ourselves peering back from a dance studio mirror. We followed the sound of a jazz rehearsal upstairs in Woolwich Works and were invited to look at a joyous family costume and props workshop by The Hundred Club x RESOLVE. We pondered women's work at the munitions factories, new parks and the intricacies of London brickwork. We spotted the Woolwich Ferry back in action. We admired a sculpture that looks like a Gormley but isn't (Assembly by Peter Burke) and a sculpture of Nike (which, thanks to a plaque, we now know how to pronounce properly – Nee-kay), a gift to the people of London for the 2012 Olympics. We took triple selfies of all of us taking a triple selfie. And we went to the beach. 

All in Woolwich.

Fancy joining us on a walk? Look out for the next 'Coming up' blogpost.