Where I Dwell
Full disclosure: we’re a right nosey pair here at Dwell Devon.
It sort of comes with the job, but we love knowing what everyone else likes getting up to in their spare time. Plus, it provides us with lots of inspiration to get out and go beyond the normal daily boundaries.
We thought you might like that too, so grab a brew and settle in for the first of our quick-fire Q&A’s with a lovely local, on Where I Dwell…
Over to you, Island Artist Emma Carter Bromfield – (who’s one of the very, VERY few to call south Devon’s Burgh Island home; I mean, what a place to Dwell…)
Favourite place to blow away the cobwebs…
At the top of Burgh Island, with the tide in and a storm raging. It’s so elemental and timeless, with 360 views of the ocean. Every time I visit the top of the island, it’s like a pilgrimage for me. Forty-seven years of walking the small, rugged paths where the brambles tug at your clothes and the dogs make a game out of chasing much faster rabbits. In the summer, the paths are well-used and wider, more tamed; in the winter it’s much wilder.
The place I like to head for coffee…
Totnes market on a Friday, watching people going about their business with their funky clothes and baskets of local produce. I love to people watch and I feel like a local, with so many people I know there, it feels like a village to me.
When I want to treat myself, I….
Have roast dinner with my family; it’s a real treat for us to be together.
My favourite beach is…
Burgh Island, Bigbury-on-Sea
A local place on my list to try is…
The walk from Burgh Island to the Erme Estuary, with a decent pair of walking boots.
The most underrated spot in Devon is…
The Pilchard Inn, Burgh Island.
This year, I tried something new:
Mechanics! I’m restoring an old Luton van which is my travelling studio. My friend Adam is teaching me very patiently to lower oil sumps, do electrics, drain radiators etc. to equip me more on my artistic travels. I seem destined to have my hands covered in oil paint or engine oil!