Walking Group for Queer Men: The Report
Conversation and connection while exploring East London.
Our third Walking Group for Queer Men happened on Sunday morning, and again it was a success!
I'm not judging the event on any objective performance criteria, but my gut-feeling is that it all worked and continues to be worth doing.
Gareth Johnson
I'm co-hosting these walks with my friend, Emi. I like hosting events with Emi but roping him in is also a bit of a safety net - worse-case scenario, if no one shows up then we can at least have a nice walk together.
We had five guys booked in for this walk. One cancelled on the day and one was a no-show. But the bonus was that we one guy turn up at the last minute as he'd missed the cut-off for booking online.
The guys that joined us were:
- Nickles
- Andy
- Gareth D
- Cal
Nickles has been to numerous Naked Men Talking events, including a previous walk. Gareth D has been to cooking event and this was his first walk. Andy has previously been part of our online book club events and this was his first walk. Cal is just visiting London and he was looking for some queer events to be part of.
I'm going to guess the age-range as being early-30s to early-60s.
The walk is straightforward. It's not a guided tour and it's not a race. We wandered through Columbia Road Market, across to Broadway Market, around London Fields, back along Regent's Canal, and returned to our starting point at Hoxton Overground Station.
Along the way, we had some great conversations. Nothing groundbreaking, just chatting about our experiences and our interests. About halfway, we stopped for a snack on some fruit.
The walk is a monthly thing. Come along and join us!
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