Tag: Walking
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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 of Lundy.
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Earthquake, Lundy: A Place Where Stories rise from the cracks.
Walking to Earthquake on Lundy Island reveals dramatic granite fissures, hidden letterboxes and stories layered in the landscape. Discover this unique place on Lundy’s wild west coast.
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Uncovering The Cheeses: Jenny’s Cove
A reflective walk on Lundy Island’s west coast, exploring The Cheeses — a dramatic granite landscape shaped by weather, movement, and embodied walking.
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Heathcliff’s Influence: Lundy’s Dramatic Landscape
The upcoming film adaptation of Wuthering Heights evokes nostalgia for the wild Yorkshire moors, reminding one of the similar landscapes of Lundy. The emotional connection to these dramatic terrains enhances the appreciation of Brontë’s work, illustrating how environment profoundly affects our feelings and experiences.
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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’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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The Saints Way Walk, Cornwall: Padstow to Fowey
Walking the Saints Way, an ancient 30-mile pilgrim route from Padstow to Fowey, through standing stones, burial barrows and Cornish landscape
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At the Edge of the World: Lundy and Finisterre
Sitting on the West Coast of Lundy, I often feel I am at the edge of the world. The horizon is wide, the Atlantic rolls out before me in shifting shades of blue, depending on the light. Here on the cliffs’ edgelands, I try to find an escape from an easterly wind. With the sound…
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The Path to Avalon
August 2020 – a time when COVID restrictions had not yet fully eased. Weekends away had to be in the UK. Having grown used to solitude we thought a pilgrimage could be an interesting thing to do. So we delved into a book titled ‘Pilgrim Pathways’ by Andy Bell. This book features short pilgrimages that…