Peddars Way | 2014 - 2016
Built by the Romans two thousand years ago, the Peddars Way is an almost straight path from nowhere to nowhere and is now only used by dog walkers and long-distance hikers. Look at it on a modern map, and it’s a faint line through the emptiest part of Norfolk, running counter to all the main east-west transport links.
Exhibition Abbott & Holder. Publication of Peddars Way - A walk with chalk
From the sandy, treed landscapes of Breckland to the open chalk ridges of northwest Norfolk, the Peddars Way side-steps the hurly-burly of everyday life. I’ve glimpsed green lanes disappearing left and right as it crosses roads that I’ve driven along time and again. It has always been just north or maybe south of my consciousness. I was aware of its existence but knew nothing of its unique loneliness. So, in 2016, in the spirit of a small adventure and getting to know my home county differently, I spent a year walking and drawing the Peddars Way.
Holme Beach, Sept. 38x30cm
North of Anmer, August. 37x30cm
Castle Acre Priory,April. 35x30cm
Galley Hill, Dec. 34x30cm
Peddars Way A walk with chalk - forty-one drawings at forty-one stops along the way. Part artist’s diary, part guidebook. A travel companion for anyone walking Norfolk’s loneliest footpath.
Photo credit: Mark Luscombe-Whyte
River Nar, April. 36x30cm
Procession Lane, March. 34x30cm
Dalton's Plantation, March. 36x30cm
Threxton Hill Dec. 36x30cm
Pig sheds at Bridgeham, April. 34x30cm
Brettenham Heath, December. 36x30cm
Hunstanton, Sept. 37x30cm
Merton Park, Dec. 36x30cm
Mad Dog Lane, Little Massingham, May. 36x30cm
Merton Common, Dec. 35x30cm
Grimes Graves, Aug. 36x30cm
Thorpe Woodlands, Oct. 36x30cm
Shadwell, Aug. 35c30cm
