“Immortal Bowscale” from a swim 18/4/22 Bowscale Tarn is not particularly on the way up anything, and so it happens … More
Category: Places
An Unseasonal Bude
I’m not sure how it happened but this picture never made it onto my blog. It’s been on my Facebook … More
The Start!
This is the drawing I meant to do two months ago, the start of one of Vobster’s Aquathalons. That’s me, … More
Look up!
Never tried drawing the sky from life before. Tricky: at dusk the colours keep changing, and clouds are neither fuzzy … More
Morris Men at Greystoke
There were Morris Men at the Boot & Shoe Inn, Greystoke, yesterday. Actually these were the squeeze-box players, and one … More
Brownies on Sticks Pass
This was yesterday. Though I made them myself, they were great brownies. Seem to have done a pretty good effort … More
Up the Dinosaur’s Back to Blencathra.
Yesterday Fiona and I went up the Dinosaur’s Back, known to Ordinance Survey as Hall’s Fell ridge. There are in … More
The Trouble with Tarns
[Note: apologies for on-going lack of cats. I am on holiday and there are no cats here!] Yesterday I returned … More
A Fish out of Water
What I really wanted was to swim in the Roman Baths, but you are not allowed to, so we went … More
Sunday Morning on the Tor
I passed this one on the way up the Tor this morning, clutching ipad and cigarette close to ward off … More