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Tag: Vobster Quay

Summer’s here: the Tri Season has begun!

(with apologies to triathlon friends and Richard!) “I thought that was you”, Richard Smith said to me on Thursday afterwards. … More

art, digital art, drawing, open water swimming, swimming, Triathlon, Vobster Quay
Lisa - swimmer painting in watercolour by Nancy Farmer - detail

Lisa

Painting in watercolour, with bubbles in palladium and aluminium leaf. Another painting from a photo in the incomparable waters of … More

art, Nancy Farmer, painting, swimmer painting, underwater swimmer, Vobster Quay
Sara, diving at Vobster Quay

Underwater photography

I’ve been looking at some of my photos taken at Vobster Quay, of swimmers underwater. I take these as an … More

cold water swimming, Photography, swimming, Vobster, Vobster Quay
Last Swim of 2016

Last Swim of 2016, or: ‘Why do you do it?’

‘Why do you do it?’ said the diver, struggling into her drysuit and eyeing my swimming costume with a tinge … More

art, cold water swimming, drawing, open water swimming, showcase, swimming, swimming drawings, Vobster, Vobster Quay
Vobster Quay's Glow Swim 2016

The Glow Swim at Vobster Quay

September 15th: Vobster Quay’s annual ‘Glow Swim’ and the swimmers are ready to go. Once, twice… four times round the … More

art, drawing, night swimming, open water swimming, swimming, swimming in the dark, Vobster Quay
Last swim of 2015

Last Swim of 2015

Tuesday was our last swim of the year (I am not counting a visit to the swimming pool yesterday, which … More

art, cold water swimming, drawing, life drawing, open water swimming, sketch, somerset, Vobster Quay
Raindrops on water, at Vobster

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

art, autumn, drawing, illustration, open water swimming, rain, swimming, Vobster Quay

Last light at Vobster

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

art, drawing, drawing from memory, open water swimming, reflections, sketch, sunset, swimming, Vobster Quay
Nice Weather for (Rubber) Ducks

Nice Weather for (Rubber) Ducks

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

art, drawing, open water swimming, rain, sketch, swimming, swimming in the rain, Vobster Quay, wetsuit
The Start

The Start!

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

aquathalon, art, drawing, illustration, open water swimming, sketch, swimming, triathalon, Vobster Quay

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