On May 28, we went roaming at Tremenheere, a piece of land near Penzance with varied topography and soils, a fine view of the sea, and recently, a collection of contemporary sculpture and a very welcoming range of facilities for visitors.

Janet McEwan, an artist with a keen interest in such spaces and possibilities for engaging with them, was our leader for the day.  We walked and looked and chatted, examining James Turrell's meditative space, David Nash's highly accessible wooden installation, Billy Wynter's camera obscure, a sweeping view of St. Michael's Mount, and more.  

As we went along, we positioned three tiny pinhole cameras--recycled film canisters--in strategic places in the garden, and Janet will, in a few weeks time, recover them, hoping that the light will have made some kind of record on the light-sensitive paper inside.  

On May 14, Roaming set off for a day in St. Ives--visiting galleries, Laura's allottment, and the beach.  Apart from one of us arriving at Penzance instead of St.Ives bus station (we were on mobile phones saying 'I'm here but I can't see you') the day unfolded well.


We started off at the allotment where Harry cooked, Puzul painted. Toby showed me a whole sketchbook of work he'd done on his trip to Spain. We caused a bit of a stir at the Penwith Gallery with a very loud debate about value! One of our group walked around giving everything thumbs up or down, or an applause. 
We finished off at Bamaluz beach where Olive showed off her swimming for a ball skills.


A good time was had by all - we agreed it would be something to repeat regularly (at least monthly) throughout the summer.