GeoWeek at Wordsworth Grasmere

7-15 May 2022

For GeoWeek 2022 we will be highlighting some of the poet William Wordsworth’s writing on mountains and geology in our activities taking place each day at Wordsworth Grasmere.

Discover Wordsworth’s Guide to the Lakes on Gallery Tours, see nature through fresh eyes whilst Sketching, and try our geology-themed writing prompts at Loose Leaf Poetry. In a Behind the Scenes tour of the Jerwood Centre, our state-of-the-art library and archive, there will be a display exploring the connections between Wordsworth and locally born geologist Jonathan Otley. Different activities take place each day and are included with admission; take a look at the schedule below to find out what’s on when you visit.

To launch GeoWeek geologist Tom Garner will lead a geology-inspired guided walk around Loughrigg Terrace and Rydal Caves. The walk will explore new ways of interpreting and appreciating the landscape that Wordsworth wrote about.

Schedule

Saturday 7 May, 10am: Wandering with Wordsworth: A geological guided walk (ticketed event)

Saturday 7 – Sunday 15 May, 10.30am and 2.30pm: Gallery Tour

Saturday 7, Tuesday 10, Saturday 14 May, 10am-5pm: Loose Leaf Poetry

Tuesday 10, Thursday 12, 11am: Behind the Scenes

Wednesday 11 May, 10am-5pm: Sketching

For more information about GeoWeek, head to the website: https://earth-science.org.uk/geoweek/

Video

In this short film Dewey W. Hall, Professor of English at California State Polytechnic University, explores connections between poet William Wordsworth and geologist Jonathan Otley’s writing on landscape and weather.