Monday 28 December 2015

High Pike and the Dry Gill shales

A walk up High Pike and then down via the Dry Gill shales. A couple of small trilobite fragments and some nice crystals of mimetite in different forms.


Rocky enjoying his run out - before the next storm batters poor Cumbria! 

Thursday 26 November 2015

Mungrisdale Craft Fair 2015

Well everything is ready to go into the car - when it stops raining - and here's hoping for an enjoyable weekend.

Wednesday 25 November 2015

Bowscale tarn and fell - mini oils.

Ahead of the Mungrisdale Craft Fare - some targeted mini oils - as usual the things you panick to make probably won't sell...but hey ..ho!

Tuesday 24 November 2015

Kynance Cove and the coast to the north.

Kynance is at the very far right hand of the cove where the beach just begins.
The oil painting...and.....
The photo!

Sunday 22 November 2015

Tuesday 17 November 2015

Swimming hedgehogs!

Given the current weather in Cumbria, I think these hedgehogs might have to swim to their destination!

Monday 16 November 2015

Sunday 8 November 2015

Friday 30 October 2015

Harlyn Bay to Porthcothan.

An atmospheric cliff walk this morning, with the highlight being a baby slow worm.

Trevose head

Some spectacularly coloured rocks...covered in Xanthoria lichen.
The rocks.

A2 mixed media abstraction.

The field sketch.

Thursday 29 October 2015

Surfing at Harlyn Bay.

A lovely late afternoon surf ...not particularly big waves but strong and long rides.

Wednesday 28 October 2015

Lizard Point.....Kynance Cove....Cadgwith and back

A glorious walk - low tide at Kynance and for the first time the fog didn't roll in so we got some views!

Tuesday 27 October 2015

A spectacular sea at Constantine

A stunning evening walk along what was left of the beach at high tide on Constantine - following a great surf at Harlyn Bay.


Sunday 25 October 2015

Waves at Constantine

A quick walk down the beach this evening and a spectacular sea - it's too dark to photo the wave sketches tonight now.

Porthcothan to Bedruthan

A gloriously warm and sunny walk!

Tuesday 20 October 2015

Sunday 18 October 2015

Christmas trees

Little Christmas trees with driftwood trunks....and as bunting.

Central Lakes from Binsey.

Another oil ...this time on a sunnier day than the last painting of the same view.

Thursday 1 October 2015

October moth trap, Autumn has arrived

A luxury, reliable moth trapping night in October!


1. 2 yellow line quakers and a red line quaker; 2. brindled ocre; 3.acleris laterena; 4.green brindled cresent; 5. pale mottled willow; 6. garden rose tortrix; 7. autumnal rustic; 8.canary shouldered thorn; 9.feathered thorn; 10. november moth; 11.pink barred sallow; 12.small seraphin; 13.frosted orange; 14.brown spot pinion; 15.garden rose tortrix.

Sunday 27 September 2015

Monday 14 September 2015

Sunday 13 September 2015