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

Never tried drawing the sky from life before. Tricky: at dusk the colours keep changing, and clouds are neither fuzzy … More

There were Morris Men at the Boot & Shoe Inn, Greystoke, yesterday. Actually these were the squeeze-box players, and one … More

This was yesterday. Though I made them myself, they were great brownies. Seem to have done a pretty good effort … More

Yesterday Fiona and I went up the Dinosaur’s Back, known to Ordinance Survey as Hall’s Fell ridge. There are in … More

[Note: apologies for on-going lack of cats. I am on holiday and there are no cats here!] Yesterday I returned … More

What I really wanted was to swim in the Roman Baths, but you are not allowed to, so we went … More

I passed this one on the way up the Tor this morning, clutching ipad and cigarette close to ward off … More

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