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Tag: Lake District

Emma's first swim in Derwentwater

“Come on Emma, just bloody well get in!” …said Emma

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

art, cold water swimming, Derwent water, digital drawing, drawing, Lake District, open water swimmer, swimmer drawing
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 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
'On getting into Lakes'

On getting into Lakes

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

art, Cumbria, drawing, lake, Lake District, lake swimming, open water swimming, swimming
Swimming with Mother

Swimming with Mother

Amidst intermittent torrential showers Mother and I braved Ullswater’s choppy waters. Last time I was here, the water was a … More

Cumbria, drawing, Lake District, open water swimming, outdoor swimming, sketch, swimming, swimming in the rain, Ullswater

To Wildcat Island…

Chillswim Coniston end-to-end 2016 On Saturday we swam the five and a quarter mile length of Coniston, me and about … More

art, Chillswim, chillswim tow float, Coniston end-to-end 2016, Coniston lake, Cumbria, drawing, Lake District, open water swimming, swimming in the rain
Self-Portrait in Red Tarn

Self-Portrait, in Red Tarn

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

art, cold water swimming, Cumbria, digital sketch, drawing, Lake District, Red Tarn, self-portrait, tortoiseshell cat, wild swimming
Coniston end-to-end 2015

Coniston End-to-End: Green hats are ready to go!

Coniston-end-to-end, 2015. We are at one end, ready to swim to the other end, five and a quarter miles away. … More

art, Chillswim, Colin Hill, Coniston end-to-end 2015, Cumbria, drawing, Lake District, sketch, swimming
Brownies on Sticks Pass

Brownies on Sticks Pass

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

art, Cumbria, drawing, hiking, holiday, illustration, Lake District, sketch, Sticks Pass, walking
The Trouble with Tarns

The Trouble with Tarns

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

art, cartoon, cold water swimming, drawing, Grisedale Tarn, Lake District, open water swimming, self-portrait, sketch, wild swimming

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