Category: lundy
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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.
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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 community as by the paths…
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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.
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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 home on the mainland, I…
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A Walk Through Lundy’s 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 Lundy granite that led to the creation of the Lundy Granite Company in 1863. Although there is little sun today at the end of…
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Adapting to Island Life: Embracing Winter
A reflective account of coming back to Lundy as winter approaches, shaped by cold-water swimming, storms, harvest food, and the island’s changing pace.
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Exploring Bell Ringing on Lundy Island
If you don’t know Lundy, you may be surprised to learn that we get regular groups of bell ringers staying on the island. During these times, the bells of St Helen’s Church ring out across the landscape. Built in 1896, St Helen’s houses ten bells in its tower, creating a wonderful bell-ringing experience. The bell-ringing…
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Behind the Scenes of Lundy Island’s Filming Experience
A behind-the-scenes account of filming Channel 4’s Our Tiny Islands on Lundy, sharing island work, community life, and the experience of being on camera.
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Discovering Yarrow: Nature’s Fragrant Healer
Discover yarrow on Lundy Island and how wildflowers shape walking, seasons and sensory experience in this reflective island journal.