British Summer Time (2019-ongoing)


Replace your morning scroll with a morning stroll.

British Summer Time
is a series of short sunrise walks in consideration of the time change. Over eleven seasons, walkers from across Europe and the Americas have joined me to explore the dawn.

You are invited to join me from anywhere in the world. The process is simple, just go for a walk from fifteen minutes before sunrise until fifteen minutes after, and share your sunrise through email or social media. Join for one walk, all of them, or anywhere in between.

This season will begin the day the UK switches to Greenwich Mean Time and continue until the USA switches back to Standard Time, I will walk from 15 minutes before sunrise until 15 minutes after.

Please join me by doing the same wherever you are.

Dates: 26 October - 2 November 2025

Time: From 15 minutes before sunrise until fifteen minutes after.

Location: Wherever you happen to be.

Share: I take a picture at the beginning, middle and end of my walk, but you can feel free to document it any way you please. Please share your results however you like, on social media (#WalkBST #WalkingArtistsNetwork), through email (blakemwalks@gmail.com), or in a way I may not have considered.

Past Walks:

I have written about the walks in a number of locations:

The British Summer Time blog  (seasons 1).
The Walking Artists Network Blog (seasons 2 and 3).
Another British Summer Time blog (Season 5)
And Another (Season 7)
As well as, more formally, at Livingmaps Review (Season 10).


The rest remain uncollated: Seasons 4 (13-28 March 2021), 6 (12 - 27 March, 2022), 8 (11 - 26 March, 2023), 9 (30 October to 5 November, 2023), 11 (27 October to 3 November, 2024) and 12 (9 March - 30 March).