Section through the Tamar Valley

[bunn]

On that walk I just posted about, there were many adits, and it was clear that the hillside was full of hidden tunnels.  So I decided to draw a cross-section through the walk.  I've uploaded the large version a bit larger than normal as there is quite a lot of small detail, although unfortunately the camera has lost focus a little at the edges so you may not be able to make out the gentleman taking a bath, whose job it is to ensure that the goblins don't get out and misbehave.

In other news, Ruggie went off to his new home yesterday, and I just got a happy email from his new owners saying he has settled in beautifully.   I'm sure he's much happier in a bungalow, and he clearly was delighted with his new Golden Retriever lady friends, who are so much easier for him to keep up with than the lurchers! 

Comments

[howlin-wolf-66.livejournal.com]

Glad Ruggie has adjusted quickly! :-)

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

:-D I really like this! Who's that sleeping there below, and when will it stir? I was half expecting King Arthur or Francis Drake, but presumably they're resting elsewhere, somewhere with less risk of mine-related booming waking them early.

Do all places have gentlemen in baths whose job is to keep the goblins in? I would like to imagine one under our cliffs - but given the number of cliff-falls, I fear his bathroom would soon become embarrassingly exposed, and the goblins free to misbehave on the beaches below. We would also have a colony of troglodytic smugglers, who took refuge in a sea cave in 1765 and have been breeding there ever since, unaware of changes in the world outside.

[sally_maria]

I love it. :-) It looks as if the miners were lucky they didn't awake Durin's Bane, but the guy in the bath is there to protect us.

[hhimring]

Is there a Watcher in the Water and a Shelob as well as a curled-up Balrog?
If so, the Tamar Valley is clearly a very dangerous, Halloween-ish place, despite its idyllic surface!

[dhampyresa.livejournal.com]

The art is AMAZING and so full of stories!

I'm glad Ruggie's settling in.

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

That is a lovely picture :-)

[ylla.livejournal.com]

Is that a Good Thing or a Bad Thing sleeping at the bottom? It made me think of Time City first, but you never know.

Does the gentleman just happen to be taking a bath at that moment, or does the bath also help to deter goblins, who dread being made clean?

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

What a fun picture! Nice work. Lovely details. You make me want to try drawing.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

I love this!

[huinare.livejournal.com]

That's awesome.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's a great picture! And I am pleased that Ruggie is settling in.

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's lovely! Well done!

[jane-somebody.livejournal.com]

This is a strong contender for Best Picture Ever :-D Thanks for uploading it so as to show all the details - the poor mountain bikers on the outside of the slope thinking they're facing all the danger, unaware of the far greater dangers that lurk within...