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si newell
Feb 21, 20235 min read
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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si newell
Feb 20, 20233 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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si newell
Feb 18, 20234 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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si newell
Feb 17, 20232 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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si newell
Dec 12, 20222 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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si newell
Dec 11, 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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si newell
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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si newell
Dec 8, 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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si newell
Jul 16, 20226 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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si newell
May 24, 20223 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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si newell
May 22, 20222 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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si newell
Oct 8, 20215 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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si newell
Sep 30, 20214 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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si newell
Sep 22, 20207 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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si newell
Aug 26, 20206 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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si newell
Jun 1, 20204 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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si newell
Nov 20, 20195 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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si newell
Aug 30, 20197 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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si newell
Jul 20, 20196 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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si newell
May 3, 201919 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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