We had an impromptu trip to the NE coast 8th to 15th January. For the first 4 days the weather was freezing – much too cold for stopping and […]
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Isles of Scilly – June 2024
Two week in the Isles of Scilly remain a firm favourite and next year is already booked. Generally the weather was OK, it rained all […]
Read moreWharf in Spate
It is no surprise to me that this has been the wettest spring ever (well since records began). I have not seen the River Wharfe higher […]
Read moreA difficult year
All in all I’m rather glad to see the end of 2023, despite being too old to wish my life away! I blogged about my […]
Read moreTwo weeks on the Isles of Scilly
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 […]
Read moreA 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 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 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 […]
Read moreDevon and Cornwall – April May 2017
This years first trip was to Devon and Cornwall, here is my painting experience (we did other things as well). Introducing the pictures I may […]
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