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Tag: wild swimming

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
Ullswater in the rain - drawing

Ullswater, bejewelled

Jackie and I went swimming in Ullswater last week. The rain in the morning was so heavy I discovered that, … More

art, Cumbria, digital drawing, open water swomming, rain, swimming, swimming in the rain, Ullswater, wild swimming
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
Plum with G&T

Circumnavigation of Burgh Island, with Gin & Tonic

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

art, cartoon, cocktail, gin and tonic, illustration, open water swimming, people, sea swimming, wild swimming
Swimming in the Rain

Swimming in the Rain

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

bubbles, open water swimming, Vobster Quay, water, wild swimming
Spring Greens

Spring Greens

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

art, cartoon, drawing, humor, open water swimming, sketch, swimming, wild swimming
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
Getting In

Getting In

My thermometer says it is still barely six degrees (though discussions with people on site suggest it might be nearly … More

art, cold water swimming, digital sketch, drawing, illustration, somerset, tablet sketch, Vobster Quay, wild swimming
The Secret Swimmer

Underwater: undercover

I know a certain lady fond of dipping. I would not be surprised if she had swum, summer and winter, … More

art, digital sketch, drawing, fantasy, illustration, portrait, rivers, somerset, swimming, wild swimming
Vobster at Sunrise

Too cold for wetsuits, we better go in without them! Vobster, 16th December

Vobster at sunrise yesterday! Still mist on the water. Ruth and Jim ahead of me and when I looked up … More

art, chillswim tow float, cold water swimming, drawing, open water swimming, sketch, somerset, sunrise, swimming, tow float, Vobster Quay, wild swimming

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