My name is Linda (you may know me as the SEAW Secretary).  My favourite pastime is sketching outdoors – in any weather, at any time of year.  There is no ‘best’ time as every season brings its own joy.

Top Tips – these work for me.

  • Have warm, windproof and rainproof clothing including hat and gloves.
  • Handwarmers are brilliant tucked inside gloves.
  • Buy yourself an umbrella hat. They are brilliant, being hands free!
  • Take a hot drink in a flask (I like the ones you can drink directly from).
  • Make sure you have an easily portable kit. I usually carry a 20L rucksack which has plenty of pockets and fits all the above and much more.

Finally

  • Go out with a friend – it makes the whole experience so much more fun.
This is me with Penny Newman (SEAW Friends liaison) on an adventure whereby high winds led us to sketching in a pavilion which then filled with hailstones as a storm passed by!