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Kidlington is a village just north of Oxford and it is home to Oxford Building Supplies. This is one of those endangered species of shops – a bits and pieces hardware shop. I have to admit I have a soft spot for this kind of store – whether it is a ‘bits and pieces’ car […]
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North Parade is a narrow street in North Oxford with two pubs, various eateries and this, a new shop; the Oxford Yarn Store. This building used to house a hairdressers and it is quite impressive what a good job they’ve done over the past few months converting it to the new store. On a rather […]
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With the weather closing down as we head towards the winter solstice it becomes harder to go out and do some sketching. Perhaps I should just toughen up – more layers, more hats and scarfs – that sort of thing. Or I could just indulge in some more sketching from a car. This is not […]
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On a rainy, drizzly day I drove up to Warwick and to Leamington Spa. Firstly searching for a vegetarian breakfast and around the charity shops in Leamington. Failing a breakfast I settled for a pastie and tea in Jephson Gardens before heading over to Warwick. My aim here was to do a drawing of the […]
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A little while back we were on holiday and travelling some of the various tiny roads of Cornwall between Looe and Polruan. Of course we took another trip to Polperro, a tourist hot-spot and one of our favourite Cornish fishing villages. This also meant a visit to the village car park and 20th-century coin payment […]
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