Short film created for The John Muir Trust during the early weeks of lockdown due to Covid-19. The short film which asks six walkers, runners and climbers to recall a special day in the hills. The film was made entirely during lockdown and hopes to inspire others to take direct action for wild places and join the Trust as a member, as we look ahead to meet environmental challenges under a ‘new normal’.
I spoke to poet, runner and climber Helen Mort, mountaineers Alan Hinkes and Tom Livingstone, Mountain Leader and Ramblers Scotland President Lucy Wallace, and owners of the Walkhighlands website Helen and Paul Webster. It’s a short, fun and emotive film, with each mountaineer remembering fondly what makes wild places so vital and important for them.