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Tag: Cumbria

Bowscale Tarn

“Immortal Bowscale” from a swim 18/4/22 Bowscale Tarn is not particularly on the way up anything, and so it happens … More

art, Bowscale Tarn, Cumbria, drawing, Lake District, lake swimming, Nancy Farmer, wild swimming

Sunbow over Ullswater

Sunbow This picture is true, if not strictly accurate. Persistence of vision exists, and if poetic licence may permit me … More

art, Cumbria, drawing, Glencoyne Bay, open water swimming, Sunbow, swimming, Ullswater

Autumn in Derwentwater

Autumn has been a long time coming. I finally made it back to Cumbria, a place that I’ve visited most … More

art, autumn, Catbells, Cumbria, Derwent water, digital sketch, drawing
"Stepping into Single Figures" - drawing by Nancy Farmer

Stepping into Single Figures… gingerly

(Brothers Water, Cumbria, 15/10/19) To be fair, I was stepping far more gingerly than Susan and Francine: they with shoes, … More

art, Brother's Water, Cumbria, drawing, outdoor swimming

We hear it’s still cold in Ullswater

We got to Ullswater on Saturday morning, in the wind and rain. Rosie and Francine were already swimming, right out … More

art, Cumbria, drawing, open water swimming, swimming, Ullswater
The Angel of Grasmere

The Angel of Grasmere

This painting was from a photo I took of my friend Jackie in Grasmere in Cumbria, late last summer. Unlike … More

art, Cumbria, gold leaf on paper, Grasmere, Nancy Farmer, outdoor swimming, painting
Swimming with Jackie in Crummock Water, Cumbria

With Jackie in Crummock water: “She goes in, even in the winter”

It was not winter, but a cold reluctant spring and feisty April weather (I have been slow to draw this … More

art, cold water swimming, Cumbria, digital sketch, Lake District, swimming, wild swimming
It's still colder in Ullswater

Yes, it’s still colder in Ullswater….

You can try pausing to admire the beautiful morning, the misty view as the lake snakes its glimmering way up … More

art, Cumbria, drawing, lake swimming, open water swimming, swimmers, Ullswater, winter swimming

It was summer, only just now…

The first leaves began to fall, it seems like only yesterday. It was a few weeks ago in fact when … More

art, cold water swimming, Cumbria, Derwent water, drawing, Lake District, outdoor swimming, Ullswater
Ullswater in the rain - drawing

Ullswater, bejewelled

Jackie and I went swimming in Ullswater last week. The rain in the morning was so heavy I discovered that, … More

art, Cumbria, digital drawing, open water swomming, rain, swimming, swimming in the rain, Ullswater, wild swimming

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