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Sally Kindberg’s visit to Cornwall
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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Tagged 'Social Fabric' exhibition, Alfred Wallis, Celia Pym, fishing boat, fishing harbour, Newlyn, Newlyn fish, Vivian Leigh's jacket
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Sally Kindberg in Cornwall
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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Tagged Alfred Wallis, Cornish walks, Cornwall, Ella Frears, Ella Frears poem, Gulval, Gulval church, Marazion, Penzance, St Ives, St Michael's Mount, St Michaels Way, Tate St Ives
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Sally Kindberg’s visit to Cornwall
What an adventure! My first long train journey since I had Covid last spring. Crossing the Tamar into Cornwall from Devon (where I was born btw) on the wonderful Brunel bridge is always a thrill. I stayed in Penzance, exploring … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Wallis, Haegue Yang, Jubilee Pool, Lord Nelson, Morrab Gardens, Newlyn, Penzance, St Ives, St Michael's Mount, Tate St Ives, Trelawney Fish, Trewyn Gardens
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Penzance and St Ives visit
It was 32 degrees in London recently, pollution levels were high and I began to croak and wheeze. I just had to get away and breathe some sea air. That’s my excuse anyway. I checked the weather forecast, packed a … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiral Nelson, Alfred Wallis, Battle of Trafalgar, blue, Blue Seas bed and breakfast Penzance, Cornwall, Great Western Railway, Jubilee Pool, light fittings, Patrick Heron, Penzance, seaside, seaside views, seaside visits, St Ives, Tate St Ives, unicorns, Union Hotel
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Blue notes
My first memory of the sea was more of a sparkle than a colour. Apparently my mother swam all the year round in the benign waters of the Devon coast – our garden sloped down to one of its red … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Wallis, aura, blue, Cornwall, Devon, Elf School, Ellidaar, elves, Evening Standard, Iceland, magic painting book, seaside, St Ives
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Visit to St Ives, Cornwall
“Cornwall is closed!” shouted a harrassed looking railway official at Exeter station. I’d decided to try and get to St Ives despite severe weather warnings, and luckily took some provisions (well, ahem, chocolate for emergencies) with me as the journey … Continue reading