Face the fact
“Accomplish the great task by a series of small acts.”
“Accomplish the great task by a series of small acts.”
The ultimate Sunday lunch at the Walpole Bay Hotel. Butter curls and Black Forest Gateaux, followed by a tipsy sketch!

Who and when built Margate’s Shell Grotto remains a mystery, but they must have been bonkers! I almost lost the plot just trying to sketch it.
The giant shell lady in the cafe is the pearl in the oyster.

Dreamland in Margate is considered to be the oldest amusement park in the UK.
Sketching, beer and chips. What more could you need?


The flamingo. Las Vegas, or Margate?
Margate or Vegas?


Sunbathing with coats on, Brighton beach.
A damp day in Brighton’s North Laine.
A damp day at the Trading Post Coffee Roasters, Brighton, UK. Damn fine cup of coffee.

Whilst the temperatures in the UK teeter above freezing, I’m warming myself up by remembering lying in a hammock, sipping juice from a huge freshly plucked coconut by the tiny island of Hon Mot, a year ago today.
The island is connected to Phu Quoc by the wobbly ‘monkey bridge’, just visible in the far right of the sketch.
In between slaughtering chickens, the charismatic café owner gave these two fishermen (presumably her sons) a right ear-bending every time they stopped work to watch me sketch!