It’s that time again! The clocks are about to change, which means the sunrise walks of British Summer Time are almost upon us. 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 ten 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.

Starting the day the United Kingdom switches from British Summer Time to Greenwich Mean Time and continuing until the United States switches 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: 27 October - 3 November 2024
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. You can email your results to blakemwalks@gmail.com, and/or share them on social media using #WalkBST #WalkingArtistsNetwork

Past Walks:

The inaugural British Summer Time blog gives details of season 1. You can see find a discussion of seasons 2 and 3 at the Walking Artists Network Blog. Season 4 (13-28 March 2021) remains uncollated. Sunrises from Season 5 (31 October - 7 November, 2021) can be found here. Season 6 (12 - 27 March, 2022) remains uncollated. My reflections on Season 7 (29 October to 6 November, 2022) can be found here.  Seasons 8 (11 - 26 March, 2023), 9 (30 October to 5 November, 2023) and 10 (10 - 31 March, 2024) remain uncollated.