Sandyhills to Rockcliffe

I recently enjoyed a lovely walk with friends on a local coastal path we've walked several times before. The views across the Solway to the Lake District are wonderful from this clifftop path. With binoculars at the ready we spotted lots of oystercatchers, gulls, cormorants and a seal!

A lovely walk with lovely people on a calm October weekend - you can't ask for more than that.

enjoying the view

This illustration is from a photo I took of two oyster catchers a few years ago whilst waiting for a ferry on the west coast. They hung around for ages but eventually took off - I had started to wonder if they were waiting for the ferry too.

Illustrations for poetry booklet

Wigtown Book Festival saw the launch of this little booklet that I was commissioned to illustrate.

Cally Voices is a community project led by writer and poet Liz Niven. Throughout the year a number of guided walks were led by Liz to raise awareness of the Temple project in Cally Woods - Gatehouse of Fleet. During the walk participants were encouraged to write a poem inspired by their visit. This booklet is a culmination of both Liz's poems and participants' poems from the walks.