Just me and the birds
Westport
The main Square in Westport is an Octagon. When faced with a riddle you can’t solve, drink strong coffee and sketch!
Croagh Patrick at sunset
Fjords and famine
Traditional watercolour landscapes are not my forte, but this stunning spot in the graveyard above Killary Harbour fjord gave me itchy aqua brushes. Sometimes you just have to try!
Beach-watching and sunburn at Lettergesh.
After being bombarded with rain drops the size of apples at Aashleagh falls, I was relieved to stand, legs akimbo and dry my trousers at the Doo Lough famine memorial.
The weather continued to race through this sobering spot where hundreds died in 1849.
The shafts on sunlight in the foreground of my sketch had almost fled by the time I’d finished.
In the shadow of The Reek
The small chapel on the summit of Croagh Patrick (known locally at The Reek) was shrouded in mist this morning.
By the time I’d managed a truly bracing dip in the Atlantic, it was just visible from the lovely Betra Beach. 
Holy water!
Sketching in holy water today in Knock Shrine as the rain pelted down for the start of the Bank Holiday.
I persisted with wrinkled pages and a soggy bottom outside the shrine…
Dried off with soup and sandwiches and a quick sketch from a cafe.
Knock is awash with souvenir shops. You can pick up holy water bottles ranging from the full litre sizes featured above, to tiny handbag sized ones shown below. 
If that’s not your thing, maybe a tiny ‘Our Lady of Knock’ font or a glow in the dark Holy Mary.
21 today!
I finished my 21st sketchbook today with two sketches in Brighton.
First’ ‘Pen to Paper’ from the Flour Pot Bakery on Sydney Street.
Followed by Jersey Street in Hanover.
Filling a sketchbook can come with a sense of achievement, but it can also be a bit sad, filing away all those memories of the past few months.
I decided to get that difficult first page out of the way with a sketchbook trip down memory lane. The bottle of Bombay Sapphire is just for scale. Honest.
Compliments to the chef
Ever eaten so much you wish could unzip your belly and let it all hang out?
If you haven’t, head to the carvery at the Country Cousins, in Westward Ho!
Unfortunately I only had a few minutes to put in the laden sweet trolley just visible on the right, before it was whisked away!
The lovely and attentive staff did let me take a photo though.
Lazy afternoon
Who can resist a Saturday afternoon snooze?
Gymnastictastic
My niece just can’t stop cartwheeling. She’s amazing but frankly it’s exhausting!
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