Poltimore House, near Exeter, has a very chequered history – a Tudor mansion made over in the C17th, added to in Victorian times and set in grand grounds; the seat of the Bampfyldes until its slow decline, via use as a school, wartime billet, hospital, care home and…
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As an undergraduate geologist, my favourite subject was igneous and metamorphic petrology, so visiting the South Devon coast is always interesting, and this stretch is no exception. Pink, grey, mottled and black slates of the Meadfoot Group are striped and slashed with quartz veins. They make for all…
A trip with a fellow enthusiast to look at all the boats out of water for repainting was well worth the effort. We were lucky enough to choose a sparkling cold sunny day which provided lots of watery texture, and ample opportunity for finding abstract compositions to add…