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Christmas lights in Cornwall (day 56)

7-56 December 9, 2013 30 minutes 3.0 km (from Coverack to Ponsongath)

On the 56th day of my bike trip, I could not seem to find an image to paint. Then I took a side road northward and was inspired by a string of coloured lights across a walled courtyard. Perhaps they were not lights at all, but brightly coloured clothespins on a line. In any case, I saw my painting in my mind’s eye!

It was only after I painted this and showed it to my husband, I realised I had painted a string of Christmas lights! The lights in the Street View image could have been patio lanterns, but my paint brush was thinking Christmas!!!

December 10, 2013 ‘lights near St. Keverne’ Jane Tims

One of the light bulbs in my painting has burned out and has not been replaced.

Written by jane tims

December 13, 2013 at 6:36 am

Posted in my exercise plan, virtual cycling along the Cornwall coast

Tagged with art, biking, Christmas, Christmas lights, exercise, Lizard Coast, stationary cycling, string of lights, virtual travel, watercolor

return to the shore (day 54 and 55)

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For a few days of my virtual travel along the Cornwall coast, I haven’t been seeing much of the coast. This is because my route took me inland, to skirt the tributaries of the Helford River. Now, though, I am travelling along the coast again.

map showing distance travelled (map from Google Earth)

7-54 December 4, 2013 35 minutes 3.0 km (from Porthoustock to St. Keverne)

This is the famous Lizard Coast, called, not for the serpentine rock in the area, or for any reptile, but after the Cornish word meaning ‘high court’ (Lys Ardh). I have seen a few references to the Lizard, including this sign in St. Keverne …

sign showing a lizard in St. Keverne (image from Street View)

7-55 December 6, 2013 35 minutes 3.0 km (from St. Keverne to Coverack)

I haven’t attempted many people in my paintings, but in the watercolour below, I tried to capture a couple of the many people I saw enjoying the walk along the coastal road in Coverack. With artists’ licence, I paired two people who in real-life have likely never met one another !!!!