This year we were blessed with good weather and so did a lot of swimming. The water temperature at the start was 14 degrees but […]
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A welcome return
In December 2022, when out walking with the family at Lyme Park I managed to fall over and shoulder charge the ground. Result; a full […]
Read moreA week in Wensleydale
Even in lockdown we were lucky with the timing so we haven’t missed a year for this September fixture. The mixed weather is a mixed […]
Read moreCatching up at last
It is such a long time since I blogged about my painting and sketching that a catch up is well in order. Isolation because of […]
Read moreIsolation Pictures – May
Continuing the series of flowers painted in situ because we are all trapped in isolation, here are garden flowers in May. Clematis II This Clematis […]
Read moreIsolation Pictures – April
So, in my last post I said that it was difficult to know what would come next and guessed that I’d be plundering old sketch […]
Read moreA Review of 2019 – very brief highlights
This year I have given first priority to writing and developing the ideas behind holistic political economy but have not abandoned painting altogether. I attend a weekly […]
Read moreAskrigg – and about time!
This year I have managed to be so busy I have only just got around to posting about our early autumn break in the last […]
Read moreLakes, South West and Scilly
This year we managed to join up our regular trips to the Lakes, SW and Isles of Scilly, we were away for most of June, […]
Read moreAskrigg 2017
An autumn trip to Askrigg has now become a regular event. The weather was mixed, sometimes too wet for using watercolour outside. However the three […]
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