Fifty Shades of Grey

…at Vobster Quay. So foggy was it that the nice people who work there said could we just swim widthways … More

January Sunrise, Vobster Quay

I attempted to draw this morning’s swim from memory. Tricky… I am not used to ‘realistic’ landscape stuff and I … More

Cat-of-the-Day: Je suis Charlie. On the whole, Arthur and Percy have no views on current events, but we wanted to … More

Yesterday at Vobster, getting out of the lake after the last swim of the year. Wave cheerily to the nice … More

Went for a bob in the sea this morning. Couldn’t really call it ‘swimming’ as it was rather like this. … More

A fine and lively evening in the Ring o’ Bells at Moorlinch* last night – the Chalice Morris men came, … More

Vobster at sunrise yesterday! Still mist on the water. Ruth and Jim ahead of me and when I looked up … More

Vobster in December. Here are Ruth and I… and before you ask, yes I made it up, I have no … More

Sorry about the lack of cats, and indeed any art at all on this blog lately, the cats have temporarily … More

The last of my Lake District sketches (for a while). This is me, swimming the length of Buttermere, and somewhat … More