Jan 4, 20181 minA year of #Momentsketchers.Back in January I decided to combine my love for the outdoors with my love for art, and by serendipity I came across Candace Rose Rardon’...
Dec 5, 20172 minJuly Family Adventure – 9 Miles of Sunshine and Golden Corn.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 fo...
Nov 24, 20172 minLessons we can learn from Blue Planet 2I have been overwhelmed, as I’m sure many others have been watching Blue Planet 2, (a BBC tv nature documentary centering on life in our ...
Nov 7, 20178 minWandering Educators – Artist Of The Month.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 ha...
Oct 12, 20176 minOutdoor Sketching – My journey and tips for taking that first step.“There are some moments in life that are like pivots around which your existence turns – small intuitive flashes, when you know you have ...
Oct 11, 20173 minJune Family Adventure – Camping, clifftops, sunsets and seabirds“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? T...
Sep 29, 20173 minFamily Adventures – Catch Up and September at Aysgarth Falls“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 you...
Sep 14, 20172 minThe story of Spring In Yorkshire‘Spring In Yorkshire’ Spring In Yorkshire “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning” – Meister Eckhart When I began the #100daypr...
Jun 21, 20173 minMay Family Adventure – Gouthwaite ReservoirIllustrated Map of our May family adventure to Patly Bridge In May we had my Mum and Dads cocker spaniel Alfie staying with us when the d...
May 5, 20174 minApril Family Adventure – EdaleIllustrated Journey of our Edale trip Earlier in the year we took advantage of a YHA offer and booked two getaways this Spring, the secon...
Apr 16, 20173 minMarch Family Adventure – Yorkshire’s highest mountain, sunshine, snowball fights and firPlan for my Whernside Illustrated Walk. We did it! We climbed Whernside, completing our family challenge to climb all three of the Yorksh...
Mar 17, 20172 minRunsketch No 2. Hook Moor Wind FarmRunsketch number 2 done, 7 mile run to Hook Moor Wind Farm. I decided that I’d have another go this week. I planned my route and got my...
Mar 10, 20175 minFebruary Family Adventure – Backpacking, trains and Wuthering HeightsAn ‘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 cou...
Mar 2, 20174 minRunning and sketching.I’ve had this idea in my head for a couple of months of combining my running with my drawing, runsketching. I’ve been slowly building my...
Feb 10, 20172 minAdventures In IllustrationI 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 con...
Feb 8, 20173 minJanuary Family AdventureAlthough the weather has been pretty grey and damp here in Yorkshire, we still managed to get outdoors every weekend in January. For our...
Jan 19, 20177 minRoundup of the second half of 2016.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 coup...
Nov 2, 20163 minTwo years of microadventures.We’re coming to the end of our second year of monthly jaunts inspired by Alastair Humphreys microadventures. Based around the idea of ha...
Oct 19, 20161 minSean Conway T-shirtI’m a huge admirer of Sean Conway, endurance athlete and adventurer. While following his recent incredible challenge of the world’s long...
Oct 19, 20161 minResurrectionThought 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 ...
