The Master Faffer

Unusually, this is the only Lake District drawing that features in the 2026 calendar – it’s been a busy year … More

Rainy Rydal

The day was so persistently wet, and flat, and grey/white. I’ve kept the pencil for the most part very light … More

UPDATE: Delighted to say that my 2026 calendar is featured in The Guardian’s gift guide for Christmas 2025, but they … More

“Long Swims …and short dips” 2023 calendars are for sale – available to buy from Etsy now. My apologies for … More

In a day of much weather I walked up the steep path to Scales Tarn, which lies in the arms … More

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

It was not warm in Derwentwater: not yet ‘Baltic’, but well into ‘quite nippy’. It was past sunset and Emma … More

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

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

A quick impromptu dip, in – ahem – just my bra and pants. Getting into the habit of putting a … More