Glenridding Dodd walk. I am working my way through the backlog of films in my archive. I tend to edit these in the evenings after I have been painting and sketching during the day. Hence the reason they are not already posted. Yesterday I uploaded onto Youtube the latest, a…
Cards on the table. With Christmas just around the corner did you know that I have a range of Teesdale Greeting Cards which are ideal to send to family and friends? Check out my recent post with a link on how to buy these Cards on the table Back to…
Following the launch of my idea to frame up the pages of the faulty copies of The Wainwrights in Colour books to help raise funds for Mountain Rescue, I have been busy this week mounting the pages and dispatching them out to customers. The fells chosen by customers are a…
This morning I have just a few moments to write a short blog as I grab a quick coffee. Today is all about preparing for my next event- the Keswick Mountain Festival 2019. This will be the third year that we have attended and it is always hard work but…
Following the recent completion of my watercolour painting of Striding Edge on Helvellyn (which you can read about here) I am continuing with the “Classic View” theme by presenting this new watercolour below of Hay Stacks from Peggy’s Bridge. This scene is one that is often observed by those who…
For what it’s worth. I have been meaning to write this blog for some time but two things happened in recent weeks which have motivated me to put my thoughts down in writing. You could say that these two things were “both sides of the same coin” which is a…
Blencathra trig ring- now gone. Blencathra trig marker. Obviously when researching the references for The Wainwrights in Colour book I could only record the elements of the sketch as they were on my visit. As the whole project took ten years to complete there will have been changes to some…
Knipescar Common is one of Wainwright’s Outlying Fells and it is located just east of the village of Bampton Grange. It is one of The Lakeland 365 . This was my first visit to this low fell and I picked a rather poor day for it. However, it is an ideal location for…
Even though I have visited the Low Fell area above Little Langdale previously as part of my reference gathering for The Wainwrights in Colour this visit was more to explore the fell on Wainwright’s original lists- Hull How as part of my new project, The Lakeland 365. The fell is…
