Behind the scenes

We went to Cornwall for two weeks, which is why this blog and Twitter have been a bit quiet. I will put some photos on Flickr at some point, but here are two from the first week. Above: the Bedruthan Steps. Below: The beach at Perranporth, where we stayed on a campsite and pretended to be…

I have forgotten how to draw. Or rather, I am so terrified of the prospect that I almost never do so any more for pleasure. These drawings, done on the train to London this morning, are an attempt to teach myself to relax and enjoy drawing again. Thanks to Laura Barnard, who I saw doing…

Today we went to the Mangapps Railway Museum, near Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. It is small but highly interesting if you like that kind of thing. If you’d like to see my photographs take a look at this Flickr set.

With the demise of Google Reader I, like many others, have had to find another way to read RSS feeds. I’m now using Feedly, and it seems to work well. In Google Reader I had over 400 feeds, most of which were from a time when I used to blog on church matters. Almost none…

I’m in the middle of updating my websites, not least so that they work on tablets and mobile telephones so that you can read them on buses and in the bath*. I’ve done this site, and have now completed my cycling cartoons site too. I have to say that I’m finding it quite an enjoyable…

I had a great time watching the Tour Series at Canary Wharf on Thursday. This is the only photo that shows a non-blurred rider… OK, let’s be honest. This is essentially a test post to see whether the site works.