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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Bring Puffin Money Back to Lundy
Could the Puffin return to British currency? The story of Lundy’s famous Puffin coin and why we’re voting for the Puffin in the Bank of England’s wildlife banknote consultation.
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Saltwater sisters – Mermaids, Ice swimmers and a Lundy swim.
Whilst dipping with regular visitor Kathy, she commented that I had not written anything on my blog, about the Lundy Bluetits and in general swimming…
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From Lundy to Portugal: Our House Renovation on the Camino Português
A house on the Camino Português near Tomar, Portugal — on the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela and connected to the Knights Templar history…
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The hidden Soldier
People often ask me, where the ideas for my blogs come from? The truth is, most of them come to mind, whilst I am walking…
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Shakespeare, Turner and a Cave on Lundy
If you walk along the Lower East path, on the cliffs between Brazen Ward and Mousehole & Trap, you’ll find one of the island’s more…
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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.