Single Figures

On Wednesday the marine lake had dropped to 9.5 degrees. This is not an unpleasant temperature at which to swim … More

Yep, now it’s cold…

Suddenly we have reached that time of year when chance onlookers may express not mere surprise, but disbelief, as if … More

Freyja (a.k.a. The Nose-Beast, for reasons which should be abundantly clear), has gone hunting and has caught and slain a … More

I’ve walked to the top of Helvellyn an uncounted number of times over the last 30… 35… years, but I’ve … More

I may have mentioned that I draw all of the Cat-of-the-Day drawings on my Samsung phone… and I may have … More

Now we know that it is summer: last week Jim took off his wetsuit, and got back in the lake! … More

Yesterday I had a visitor at 2am, at the open door of my bedroom no less. Percy went out to … More

Full speed sideways! If you are a little on the small side, terrify your enemies by approaching them sideways on, … More

How to draw a moving target! This morning Freyja ran around, and I attempted to draw what she looked like. … More

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