New Year is a Thing

…And this is how my swimming calendar begins for next year 🙂With apologies to the Daughters, the Mothers of Daughters, … More

Hello Shallow End, Happy New Year!

This drawing has waited too long to appear on the blog…. as have several others that I’ll put up in … More

Why have so many capable swimmers never swum round the Pier, and why did it take me four or five years of swimming at Clevedon before I did?

There is an art to the mere act of walking. It takes skill and practice. We learn to walk at … More

“Just Desserts” Happy Ides of March, everyone! I did this drawing yesterday (other than a little faffage and labelling today), … More

The Beast from the Baltic… is no match for Emma! The Beast brought icy winds and sub zero temperatures… and … More

“Finally Lyme, in the last gasp of Summer” [Catch-up time again – sorry! This picture was actually drawn in October … More

By now, you will recognize this black-robed sect. The winter swimmers, indifferent to weather and season – whilst at the … More

“Fish Stew”… the drawing project that never was. A month before lockdown: I broke my wrist. Day two of lockdown: … More

A painting I finished last week, but started… quite a long time ago, back in February, when the world was … More