The first of our 2020 family adventures for #12dalesin12months. January we walked in Wharfedale.

A new 2020 family challenge to walk #12dalesin12months in the Yorkshire Dales.

I’ve just sent out my first proper newsletter, if you’ve received it, thanks for looking.  I hope it has been useful and interesting.  I...

Autumn In Yorkshire by Raspberry Thief Autumn In Yorkshire “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” – Albert Camus This...

Summer In Yorkshire Print from Raspberry Thief Summer In Yorkshire “I tried to find beauty there where I had never imagined before that...

‘It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade’...

Illustrated map of a walk from Aberford. July is usually a very busy month for us, lots of end of term school stuff going on, planning...

Back in the summer I was asked by Dr. Jessie Voigts of Wandering Educators if I’d like to be featured as ‘Artist Of The Month‘. Jessie...

“There are some moments in life that are like pivots around which your existence turns – small intuitive flashes, when you know you have...

“A big fat sky and a thousand shrieks The tide arrives and the timber creaks A world away from the working week Où est la vie nautique?...

“Still summer’s song beats in my blood” –  Alan Hartley First of all I’d like to say hi and thank you to all my new followers, I hope...

‘Spring In Yorkshire’ Spring In Yorkshire “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning” – Meister Eckhart When I began the...

Plan for my Whernside Illustrated Walk. We did it! We climbed Whernside, completing our family challenge to climb all three of the...

An ‘Illustrated Journey’ of our trip to Haworth. At the beginning of the year we took advantage of the YHA New Year sale and booked a...

I thought I’d write a post about my art, as Raspberry Thief seems to be constantly morphing and changing as I change, and become more...

Although the weather has been pretty grey and damp here in Yorkshire, we still managed to get outdoors every weekend in January.  For our...

We’ll be going on our first jaunt of 2017 soon, so thought I’d better finish our roundup of the last half of 2016. July For the last...

We’re coming to the end of our second year of monthly jaunts inspired by Alastair Humphreys microadventures.  Based around the idea of...

Thought it was about time I made more of blogging, I’ve had a few over the years and not kept up with them.  So I’ve combined some posts...

Well as predicted February came and the calm and peace went. An even bigger reason to revel in January’s stillness next year. March...