“There are some moments in life that are like pivots around which your existence turns – small intuitive flashes, when you know you have...

“A big fat sky and a thousand shrieks The tide arrives and the timber creaks A world away from the working week Où est la vie nautique?...

“Still summer’s song beats in my blood” –  Alan Hartley First of all I’d like to say hi and thank you to all my new followers, I hope...

‘Spring In Yorkshire’ Spring In Yorkshire “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning” – Meister Eckhart When I began the...

Illustrated Map of our May family adventure to Patly Bridge In May we had my Mum and Dads cocker spaniel Alfie staying with us when the...

Illustrated Journey of our Edale trip Earlier in the year we took advantage of a YHA offer and booked two getaways this Spring, the...

Plan for my Whernside Illustrated Walk. We did it! We climbed Whernside, completing our family challenge to climb all three of the...

Runsketch number 2 done, 7 mile run to Hook Moor Wind Farm.  I decided that I’d have another go this week.  I planned my route and got my...

An ‘Illustrated Journey’ of our trip to Haworth. At the beginning of the year we took advantage of the YHA New Year sale and booked a...

I’ve had this idea in my head for a couple of months of combining my running with my drawing, runsketching.  I’ve been slowly building my...

I thought I’d write a post about my art, as Raspberry Thief seems to be constantly morphing and changing as I change, and become more...

Although the weather has been pretty grey and damp here in Yorkshire, we still managed to get outdoors every weekend in January.  For our...

I’m a huge admirer of Sean Conway, endurance athlete and adventurer.  While following his recent incredible challenge of the world’s...

Thought it was about time I made more of blogging, I’ve had a few over the years and not kept up with them.  So I’ve combined some posts...