Jane Sharkey
A journal of walking, weather and creative living
This journal explores three places and the lives lived between them. North Devon, an Atlantic island of granite, and a house on pilgrim routes in Portugal. It delves into the paths, landscapes, and stories that connect them all. Welcome.
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From Lundy to Portugal — Our Renovation Project
A house on the Camino route near Tomar — the Knights Templar town. There’s an unexpected connection between Lundy and Portugal, and this is where the journey begins.
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Cancelled Sailings and Fog-Bound Flights: Unexpected Life on Lundy
Life on Lundy Island rarely goes exactly to plan. From cancelled sailings and fog-bound flights to unexpected walks and a surprise decision to stay for…
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Reflections at Benjamin’s Chair: A Lundy Experience
Reflecting on life on Lundy, this blog explores how encounters with visitors become embodied memories through walking, place, and shared experience.
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Creating Pilgrimage Routes: Speaking at Walk Listen Create
Tuesday 5th May I’m giving a talk as part of Walk Listen Create; an international network of walking artists, researchers and practitioners. The session is…
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About Jane
I am a walking artist and maker. I live on Lundy in the Bristol Channel with roots in North Devon. My creative practice is connected to landscape — in walking, making, writing and paying close attention to place. I work across printmaking, craft, collage and textile, drawing on the island’s seasons, tides and granite edges for inspiration.
Life happens not only on Lundy and in North Devon. There is also a house in central Portugal. This house is on the pilgrim routes to Santiago de Compostela and Fátima. This site is the journal of all these worlds, and the journeys between them.