Walking Curiousities
Lunenburg County SocialWalks
SocialWalks - In the Grass Below to the Night Skies Above, $58 / 2hrs
Three intensities (which we’re piloting this fall, after the school year resumes):
- One for families and those with diverse life skills, adaptive learning needs, and varied abilities, or prefer lower sensory environments
- One for everyday intrepid explorers, geared towards their natural curiousities
- The last our favourite: search the land, search the water, search the skies. If it creeps, crawls, flies or swims, we’ll be getting wet, dirty, or at least wearing good boots. Knowledge is power, and we’re down to use for some KCOFGS to get some awesome pics: in their habitat, on their terms.
Program:
A hands-on exploration of the wonders of life right beneath our noses, to the Milky Way above. A chance to be curious, wonder more, see a connection, and be at one with the wonders of life - exploring them richly and freely on your terms.
By day’s end, you’ll take home a new perspective and our list of free resources to play with, research or use yourself at home. Hopefully, some great photos, videos and memories too of something you’ve never noticed before.
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Social Walks - Time Travel: Big Day Out Lunenburg, $88 / 3hrs
(Also piloting this fall after the school year resumes):
Preview: Here we’ll be blending story and science as we crawl, walk, march and clambour around the county time travelling. Not with one map but four: one with Mi'kmaq place names from time immemorial, The French and English ones from their colonial periods and the last a contemporary.
Workers, warriors, women, pirates, rum-runners, soldiers and innocents all caught up between worlds of change. We’ll visit cemetaries and a fort, but also places looking very modern with glimpses if you know where to look. The technology, the people and the times are different. If we look closely enough we can explore these using different lenses, resources and free tools available to all.
So you can do the same things yourself exploring Cartagena, Chichen Itza, the Colosseum or Crousetown and beyond.
Client Reviews
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Each of them reflect the same method of exploring nature and history across differing parts of Canada.
“War of 1812 Series”, “Battle of Lundy’s Lane”, and “A Walk Through Victorian Glasses” and one-time special celestial events.
“I gave Rob a little of our family background the day before the tour.
He researched our family’s participation and emphasized it throughout the tour. It was hard work for him and very special for us.
He is engaging and attentive to group needs. I highly recommend him.”
Anne
Charlotte, NC
“Very informative and open to all questions. Took extra time to show me: other places of interest!”
Samantha
Akron, OH
“Robert’s passion and knowledge about history was amazing. He willingly created the walking tour to suit the needs of my husband and myself. Even though there had recently been a pandemic, we felt safe with him as our personal tour guide.
We have visited many times before, but this was the first time that we felt connected to the place’s rich history thanks to Robert.
He shared hidden architectural gems and gave a comprehensive description of the city’s founders. He brought alive the culture and historical relevance of the place in its infancy. Walking around the battlefields and learning more about the Underground Railroad and the rarely discussed heroes was enlightening.
Dorothy
Barrie, ON
“Great walk through time on a crisp, sunny fall day.
Just a few hours and a few hundred years of history and perspectives. Fantastic. So much information taken in and so much more I want to know. Fantastic!”
Jack
Guelph, ON
“Une expérience exceptionnelle”
Isabelle
Pincourt, PQ
“Though I have been here many times, I have never visited the battle grounds or cemetery and I'm so glad I waited to do so on this: tour!
Rob has an exceptional knowledge of the area and exceeded our: expectations as a guide - even extending the tour length to take us to: some extra locations.
I really appreciate the amount of preparation: and detail that went into this tour and would highly recommend it to: any history buff
and to those looking to do something a little bit: different.”
Michelle
Toronto, ON
“Robert has a unique presentation that's gripping and memorable. He demonstrated a passion for the subject and is a master at storytelling. He also went above and beyond to care for our needs. If we had any questions he was prompt to answer them or look them up and send us the info later. I would highly recommend participating in anything Robert sets up. He's awesome.”
Jordy
Acton, ON
“It was an awesome experience! Definitely would recommend and definitely will do again!!”
Katrina
Montreal, PQ
“This tour was amazing! Going into it I didn’t know what to expect but Rob excelled in explaining things, ensured to keep it interactive and gave us a broad variety of history.
Rob went above and beyond providing us extra information about things to do and local farm stands and went as far as researching a question my fiancé had from the tour and providing us that information.
I would recommend this to anyone I know, history lovers or not.
Rebecca
Bowmanville, ON
“Good value for experiencing an interesting family history!!”
Dave
Oakville, ON
“Rob and Candice are an excellent team. They managed the guided tour for our family wonderfully well. Candice entertained our children with a scavenger hunt Rob developed. While the grown ups were able to take in the valuable pieces of information that Rob had to share.”
Tineke
Centurion, South Africa
“An excellent tour for both history buffs and those just looking for an: informative, entertaining walking tour.
Rob: deftly covers a breadth of stories and social history with the perfect: blend of comedic irreverence, warmth, knowledge and respect:
(considering the location and nature of war, and all!) Highly: recommended!”
Dan
Combs, United Kingdom
“Rob is a great guide with amazing historical knowledge. His passion for sharing it is certainly evident. We really enjoyed our tour.”
Dana
Pittsburgh, PA
“My friend and I did this. Hoping for something off the beaten path, We decided to take this tour to learn and see what we could see....it turned out to be a wonderful experience that was fun, interesting, educational and eye opening. We got much more than we expected, and Robert was chock full of information and history, at the same time making a serious subject entertaining. We recommend this to anyone and will let our friends know if anyone is visiting.”
Vanessa
Brampton, ON
“Enlightening and entertaining! Very knowledgeable and had lots of information to share, not only about the history, but also of other things to do in the area.”
Cathy
Halton Hills, ON
“Rob is an excellent historian and clearly is passionate about his: craft. This was an interesting excursion and added something unique to: our Falls experience.”
Shaan
Hammond, LA
“Rob weds a librarian’s love of research and knowledge with a writer’s: penchant for words, adds a bit of eccentricity and storytelling to: deliver an engaging, fast-paced 90-plus minutes of little-known: history for a pair of Americans.
His passion shines through, even in: the follow up he generously provides to answer questions and continue: the chat. I highly recommend it.”
Stella
Evans, GA