Category Archives: Travels

By the Thames

Posted on June 8, 2025 by SallyK

Yesterday at Blackfriars in the drizzle I was vaguely looking for treasure. Three canoeists arrived from Putney, taking a break on the foreshore before continuing their journey downriver. Two were disabled – one was blind.  I’m happier on the water … Continue reading →

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Squeaky

Posted on May 21, 2025 by SallyK

Printed ephemera, bits of packaging and one or two 3D items of interest collected over the years cover one wall of my apartment. One of them became part of a morning ritual.  Some time ago, on a visit to Prague, … Continue reading →

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May Day with Deptford Jack in the Green and the Fowlers Troupe

Posted on May 8, 2025 by SallyK

The only member of the Fowlers Troupe I recognised, from seeing his work before, was Bob Humm,wearing the horse’s head.  Despite wearing a coronet of leaves I felt distinctly underdressed. The procession left its starting point at the Dog and … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s visit to Cornwall

Posted on May 8, 2025 by SallyK

My tiny Penzance bedroom – more like a ship’s cabin than a B&B room – overlooked the sea. The sea lured me out every morning despite the wet, grey weather, and I was fortified by a delicious breakfast. Everything is … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg in Cornwall

Posted on May 4, 2025 by SallyK

After a damp few days eventually the sun came out and I walked through Penzance to Marazion, using the coast path along the side of Mounts Bay, once the site of an ancient forest. I called inland at Gulval church … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg and islands

Posted on April 15, 2025 by SallyK

Islands are like magnets to me. Some I’ve visited because I was commissioned to write about them, or run workshops on them, others simply because I was curious. Sometimes my notes stay in one of my drawing books, biding their … Continue reading →

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The Queen in my suitcase

Posted on February 9, 2025 by SallyK

‘Aha!’ said a member of Glasgow airport’s security staff as a small Royal person was revealed lurking at the bottom of my suitcase.  Ten years ago this summer, whilst returning from the Outer Hebrides, my luggage set off a shrill … Continue reading →

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Travelling to Mars by boat

Posted on January 27, 2025 by SallyK

As a pre-Christmas treat last year I visited Mars, travelling by boat. After all I’ve worked as a travel writer,and was always interested in space.  But it’s an uneasy interest now, after intentions for space colonialism were made by a … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg and National Poetry Day at the seaside.

Posted on October 7, 2024 by SallyK

The sun shone on National Poetry Day, and I was lured to the seaside to add a contribution to a Poetathon held at Kollectiv Arts Centre in Folkestone.  En route to the coast via High Speed train, I wrote a … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg and St Ia

Posted on May 9, 2024 by SallyK

A while ago my interest in early Celtic saints resulted in a series of drawings. Walking in Cornwall has always been one of my joys, and the story and image of St Ia, patron saint of St Ives, gripped my … Continue reading →

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