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Canary island hopping '22...

Gran Canaria to Fuertaventura to Lanzarote Friday We left the grey autumn British November skies and four hours later were transferred...

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Feb 21, 20235 min read

October Portugal - an island wedding and a mainland study trip...

A long weekend at a friend's wedding... Thursday It's always great when you get invited to a wedding somewhere exciting - I've visited...

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Feb 20, 20233 min read

Valencia to Menorca to Sitges to Barcelona...

Friday We arrived in this large city at lunchtime - just time for Cesar to take me on the guided tour of the city centre reminising about...

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Feb 18, 20234 min read

USk London's 10th anniversary...

Friday Arriving in the capital for Urban Sketchers London's big anniversary weekend starting with a meet up along the south bank -...

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Feb 17, 20232 min read

International sketching in Luxembourg

Friday I learnt of the Luxembourg national sketch meet whilst sketching in Lille and after a bit of research I decided to go - a place I...

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Dec 12, 20222 min read

The French National Urban Sketchers meet 2022 - Lille

Thursday Our route to Lille was via the channel tunnel requiring us to take a train to London and pick up a Eurostar service from St...

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Dec 11, 20222 min read

A wedding in Porto...

Thursday We arrived in Porto on Wednesday evening in time to check in to our AirBnB close to the city's fabulous main railway station Sao...

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Dec 11, 20222 min read

Urban Sketching in Malaga

Wednesday Several UK urban sketchers arranged to meet in Malaga in April. A wonderful itinerary had been arranged by Karen Jones (who so...

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Dec 8, 20222 min read

Caribbean Adventure

A week in Barbados followed by a cruise to the Dutch Antilles Sunday We arrived in Barbados early evening after a smooth Dreamliner...

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Jul 16, 20226 min read

Costa del Sol in February

Around Malaga '22 Part One Thursday After a late flight from Bournemouth on the Wednesday evening, I arrived at the the airport railway...

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May 24, 20223 min read

A long weekend in Edinburgh before Christmas

Almost too cold to urban sketch... Wednesday A quick trip to Edinburgh before Christmas - a stunning city, albeit a very cold one at this...

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May 22, 20222 min read

Chilled Eivissa

A week exploring the beautiful island of Ibiza Day One We woke up in time for breakfast after arriving late the following evening. No...

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Oct 8, 20215 min read

The Great British Staycation In The Sun

#gibraltar #greenlist #travelsketchbook Day One The government had produced a green list of countries as foreign travel started once...

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Sep 30, 20214 min read

Turquoise - the colour to end an extraordinary summer - a week around the Turkish coast

Monday Covid and arranging travel has been very challenging this summer. The choice of travel corridors from the Uk has been...

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Sep 22, 20207 min read

My face mask and other sketchbooks - a week in Corfu

Monday Waking up to a new place to explore after an evening flight from London the day before. I deliberately chose to stay in the old...

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Aug 26, 20206 min read

A long weekend in Madeira

Day One It’s January 31st and the Uk leaves the EU the next day - perfect then to spend a long weekend avoiding all the naive...

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Jun 1, 20204 min read

Edges of Europe...

Two contrasting long weekends in November in very different parts of our diverse and extraordinary continent... GRAN CANARIA Day One -...

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Nov 20, 20195 min read

Last Days of Summer - Rome & Sorrento

A wedding in Rome followed by a chilled few days in Sorrento. Day One - Friday Following a late flight from Stansted last night, I...

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Aug 30, 20197 min read

The road to USk Amsterdam via Bruges...

Saturday - Day One I woke up in my amazing hotel room feet away from one of the picturesque canals that dominate Bruges. I had arrived on...

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Jul 20, 20196 min read

Grand Tour '19 - Where East meets West

In 2015, I undertook my first big solo ‘journey’, crossing the Mediterranean from Spain, across Corsica, Italy, Sicily and Albania to...

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May 3, 201919 min read

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Canary island hopping '22...

October Portugal - an island wedding and a mainland study trip...

Valencia to Menorca to Sitges to Barcelona...

USk London's 10th anniversary...

International sketching in Luxembourg

The French National Urban Sketchers meet 2022 - Lille

A wedding in Porto...

Urban Sketching in Malaga

Caribbean Adventure

Costa del Sol in February

A long weekend in Edinburgh before Christmas

Chilled Eivissa

The Great British Staycation In The Sun

Turquoise - the colour to end an extraordinary summer - a week around the Turkish coast

My face mask and other sketchbooks - a week in Corfu

A long weekend in Madeira

Edges of Europe...

Last Days of Summer - Rome & Sorrento

The road to USk Amsterdam via Bruges...

Grand Tour '19 - Where East meets West