Tag: lundy
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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 the Millcombe allotment, I suggested…
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Lundy’s Mystical Fog: A Weather Experience
Life on Lundy Island in fog: walking, swimming, delayed travel and historic shipwrecks, showing how weather defines the island experience
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Lundy’s Yarrow: Wildflowers, Walking and Seasonal Change on Lundy Island
Discover yarrow on Lundy Island and how wildflowers shape walking, seasons and sensory experience in this reflective island journal.
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Lammas on Lundy
The first of August marks Lammas, an ancient festival celebrating the start of the harvest. Here on Lundy, the spirit of Lammas feels especially relevant this year, as I and other islanders have been tending allotments. These small plots, on a rather barren granite rock hold the promise of fresh vegetables and herbs all grown…
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Exploring Lundy: A Poetic Morning Walk
A morning walk on Lundy Island to discover the Lundy Haikus along the Felix Gade, where poetry, walking, and landscape quietly meet.
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Type in the landscape
A beautiful January day, we are in shutdown so there are no visitors on the island just staff. It was eerily windless as I walked across South West field, maybe the calm before storm Eowyn. batters down on the island from the Atlantic. I notice a small herd of Sika deer staring at me. I…
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Exploring Art and Nature at South West Point
The photograph of Peter Sharkey and Joe Parker at South West Point inspired reflections on art, recalling Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog and Anthony Gormley’s Daze IV sculpture. The latter, positioned on Lundy, symbolizes a watchful figure over sailors. Daze IV’s temporary presence on Lundy remains a poignant memory.
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Representing Lundy at the Created Festival, The Big Sheep
Representing Lundy Island at the Created Festival at The Big Sheep. This is a North Devon craft and art event. It celebrates creativity, landscape, and local makers.
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Lundy Standing Stones: Original Song by Jane Harris
Creation of the “Standing Stones” Song The “Standing Stones” song was born from a walk with Jane Harris of Songways as we walked amongst the standing stones on Lundy Island. During this walk, we read Haikus from a recent Ginko Walk. As we wandered and conversed, we discussed the Haikus and the stones, sparking curiosity…
