Autumn Shower at Vobster

The leaves are just beginning to turn, but they aren’t in the lake yet. What was in the lake was … More

The colours of the morning, 30th August

Clevedon, early yesterday morning. These were the colours of our swim, and they were beautiful. Soft, muted blues, yellows and … More

It’s pretty hard to draw from memory, even on a last lap round the lake, breaststroke, with nothing much else … More

Vobster, yesterday. It was indeed fine weather for ducks. Fortunately there we were to take advantage of it: a flotilla … More

This is the drawing I meant to do two months ago, the start of one of Vobster’s Aquathalons. That’s me, … More

This was yesterday at Clevedon, from the Pier to the Bay, turning with the tide, and back again. It was … More

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

So yesterday we swam round Burgh Island. Plum Duff was suffering from a dodgy shoulder from a 5 hour swim … More

Swimming in the rain, at Vobster. I would have liked to draw us and the bubbles all in one picture, … More

Spring has sprung in the lake. It gets in through the front of one’s swimming costume and collects where it … More