Day 334, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge

River Hundred Sluice The River Hundreds needs a little encouragement to get to sea at Kessingland. Yes it needs a pumping station to get it up and over the single bank otherwise it would flood and threaten the lower parts of the village. However the pumping station and sluice is also under threat from storm […]

Day 333, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge

Working on Excelsior Currently up on the hard Excelsior (LT 472) is having some much needed work done under the waterline. Here is Gavin the skipper after earlier adding some oakum (a process known as caulking) now applying some tar. Excelsior can be viewed for the next couple of weeks from the footpath that runs […]

Day 331, of my 2016 sketch a day challenge

Across the reedbeds to Blythburgh This sketch is from the footpath that runs along the southern banks of the River Blyth on the footpath that leads to the Blythburgh White Hart pub. The path was awash with autumnal colours with beautiful Silver Birch and Oak that has managed to hold onto their leaves after last […]