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Tag Archives: Cotehele
Cornwall and Port Sunlight
Mary Martin held her biennial art exhibition recently, from 29 May to 5 June, in its usual location, St Dominic village hall. I first went to an exhibition of hers about 20 years ago, by chance driving past on the … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, landscape, museums & galleries
Tagged Cotehele, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Mary Martin, Port Sunlight
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Surrey to Cornwall, mostly on chalk
I don’t like motorways, partly because they’re tedious, but mainly because, on the whole, motorways ignore the topography and just barge through the landscape like a big fat greedy rude person trying to get somewhere before everyone else. So to … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology/history, architecture, books, landscape
Tagged Cotehele, East Coker, geology, T S Eliot, Tamar Valley
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