Creative Walking Art & Lundy Island Journal — Jane Sharkey
As a walking artist and Maker creativity is inspired by walking particularly where I live on Lundy. Engaging in tactile exploration, tracing history, and observing seasonal changes become integral aspects of my creative practice.
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Exploring Lundy’s Imbolc: A Walk to Embrace the onset of Spring
Inspired by Imbolc and Candlemas, this February walk through Millcombe explored how Lundy prepares for spring. From snowdrops in the Secret Garden to quiet valleys and returning light, the walk focused on noticing small seasonal changes rather than dramatic signs of arrival.
Escape to Lundy: A Unique Digital Detox for Readers
Discover why Lundy Island is the perfect reading retreat. A natural digital detox with shared libraries, quiet places to read and no commercial distractions.
Northern Lights Over Lundy
Northern lights seen over Lundy Island this week, experienced together beneath dark skies, where weather, landscape and shared moments shape island life
Waking the Apple Trees: A Wassail on Lundy
Shutdown on Lundy is the first three weeks in January. This is a time when we have no visitors and we work a standard Monday-Friday week, cleaning and repairing. Its Mid Winter so we try to get together for some social activities. So considering there are three apple trees in…
Exploring Christmas at Lundy: A Unique Experience
Radio Cornwall conversation about Lundy at christmas. Covering how visitors celebrate christmas and New Year on the island. Plus how many residents are here for New Year and what they get up to
Devon Day 2025: Celebrating Heritage and Culture
A reording of an interveiw for Radio Devon. This conversation is linked to celebrating Devon Day and is about living and working on Lundy.
Portrait of an Island : Lundy’s Evolving places
Walking with a book mobilises it, releasing the author’s words back into the landscape. Following Langham’s route from Millcombe to the High Street, this walk drifts between archive and anecdote, history and habit. It is a reflection on walking as a cultural practice, shaped as much by weather, work, and…
Portrait of an Island
A reflective walk on Lundy inspired by A. F. Langham’s The Island of Lundy, comparing past and present landscapes from the Landing Bay.
Walking Paths on Lundy Island: Routes, Roaming, and Reflection
Walking the paths of Lundy Island reveals a landscape shaped by weather, animals, and repeated footsteps. From historic routes to fading tracks, this post reflects on freedom to roam and how paths echo the journeys we take through life.
Walking on Lundy: Finding Balance in the In-Between Time
That strange, softened time between Christmas and New Year — when days blur and you finally have space to breathe — feels familiar on Lundy. Here, that ‘Twixmas’ feeling isn’t confined to one week of the year. It’s a way of living. Through walking, weather, and uneven ground, the island…
The Mystique of Lundy’s Unique Landscape
Small Islands across the globe have long held a mystique, sometimes becoming sites of religious, spiritual or supernatural exception. Johnson, H., (2024) I read an article by Henry Johnson (2024) about religious or spiritual places. It made me think about how Lundy doesn’t show itself as a spiritual place. It…
Lundy – A home from a distance
At the moment, I’m on the mainland, in my house on the North Devon coast. It feels odd looking out towards Lundy as from here it’s just a rock out at sea. It is strange as it does not feel like an island I live on! When I am at…
A Walk Through Lundy’s Historic Quarries and a link to Portland, Dorset.
On Summer days, when the sun sits high and clean above Lundy, the island glows. The granite shines, Mica and Feldspar glinting black and white. It is the quality of this granite that led to the creation of the Lundy Granite Company in 1863. Although there is little sun today…
How Wind Shapes Life on Lundy
A North Easterly wind has been blowing over the island this week. It feels that winter has most definitely arrived. The wind here isn’t like wind on the mainland, it feels more dramatic, feeling like a force you negotiate with. In my last blog post, I wrote of fog and…
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