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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
Posted in Travels
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 in Cornwall again
With a fresh notebook, a pen or two and my walking boots I set out for Penzance, feeling my usual excitement as the train crossed over the Tamar from Devon via the Brunel Bridge. Operational since 1859, it enabled an … Continue reading
Posted in Notebooks, Travels, Walking
Tagged Agapanthus Tea room, Birnam Wood, bluebells, chance meetings, Cinderella, Godland, Gulval, Iceland, Jubilee Pool, Macbeth, Newlyn, Newmarket, Palmason, Penlee House, Penzance, Polanski, Royal Opera House film
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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
Posted in Travels
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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Sally Kindberg’s notes from Cornwall
Walrus sighting reported in the nearby Scilly Isles. He apparently floated south from the Arctic on a melting iceberg.
Posted in Notebooks, Travels
Tagged Cornwall, drawing smells, drawing sounds, geothermal pool, Gulval, handwriting, map, Mounts Bay, Mousehole, Newlyn, notebook drawings, notebook pages, Penzance, Penzance Jubilee Pool, sea creatures, seaside, synaesthesia, travel notes, walrus, walrus sighting. Scilly Isles
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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
Posted in Drawings, Travels
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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Sally Kindberg goes to Penzance
I decided to travel to Penzance for the weekend even though plans to run a Pirate workshop there had fallen through. It had been difficult week in London including a visit to hospital and a leak from the flat above me, … Continue reading
Posted in Sketchbooks, Travels
Tagged coastal, Cornwall, festival, Golowan festival, Jubilee Pool, Mazey festival, mermaids, Mousehole, Newlyn, notebook, Penzance, pirates, seacoast, walking
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