Technically, I’m on spring break. I have had a break from teaching and preparing for classes, but I haven’t gone anywhere. No sun, no sand, no waves tickling my toes.
So I pushed my current project aside and took a three-minute beach break in St. Ives, Cornwall, where Virginia Woolf spent her summers until the age of 12.
Join me there now. I’ve got the sunscreen.
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Kathy, thanks for the information. If I ever get back to St. Ives, I will do my best to follow your advice. I’ll also add this information to the In Her Steps page.
I have read your book, and I recommend it to anyone interested in following in Woolf’s footsteps.
Needless to say–utterly jealous! But while you’re in St. Ives, be sure to take the walk to Tren Crom, which Virginia made many times with father and family. You can find the route in my book From the Lighthouse to Monk’s House: A Guide to Virginia Woolf’s Literary Landscapes (Duckworth, 2001). The best place to begin is at the Badger Inn, where Virginia spent Christmas in 1909. (It was then known as the Lelant Hotel.) The round trip will take several hours, but it’s worth it. Have fun!
Kathy Hill-Miller