Category: lundy
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Varieties of Daffodils on Lundy Island
If you have been on Lundy in the spring, you would spot a plethora of daffodils. The first to spring up seem to be those at the bottom of the Steps of Doom / LFS steps. Ian our island carpenter and MillCombe allotment holder loves flowers and photography, he shared with me some of his…
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Find the Forgotten Henkel with a Meandering book
As part of my MA in Walking Practice, I invited visitors to Lundy to map places they love to walk to. What emerged was a wonderfully creative mix—watercolors, pen and ink sketches, textiles, and even cartoons. Each map told a story, not just of the place but of the experience of finding it. One particularly…
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Exploring the History of Millcombe Drive’s Gate Posts
Have you ever stopped to consider where the gate posts at the bottom of Millcombe drive have come from? The answer is, that they are thought to be originally the capstone of a chambered tomb. The capstone was cut in two in the late 19 century. This was done to form the gate posts of…
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Created festival
It was a pleasure to represent Lundy at the first ever Created Festival at the Big Sheep, Lundy. As well as having a stand at the festival for two days, I was invited to participate in a Q&A session discussing how Lundy can open up creativity. I was also able to meet and chat with…
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Exploring Phenomenological Drawing
Lundy Walking – Jane Sharkey Exploring Phenomenological Drawing: A Walk with William Anastasi Whilst researching Artistic Walking pracrtive, I found myself drawn to the work of William Anastasi, particularly his intriguing pocket drawing method. Anastasi’s approach, as mentioned in Mueller (2023), offers a unique way of engaging and connecting with landscape. Embarking on my own…
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Lundy’s Granite Track
One sligtly foggy and soggy day, of which Lundy has quite a few, I chose to walk from the village to the North End. A journey of just over 2 miles representing 3/4 of the length of the Island. This was not one of my usual wanderings off the beaten track, but a defined route…
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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 at the end of November.…
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Sacred Ground, Lundy
Situated next to the Old Light is Beacon Hill cemetery, the graveyard sits atop the remains of an Iron Age settlement. At the centre of the cemetery is a chamber thought to be that of an early Christian saint whilst against the west wall are four inscribed grave markers dating from 5th to 7th centuries…
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Lundy Art Trail
August saw the first ever Lundy Art Trail. The original date had to be cancelled and a rescheduled date, meant a slight change to the artist group. All were excited and some had never been to Lundy before. The artists (whose biogs are detailed below) painted at three/four different locations around the South of the…
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