Three-decker pulpit with ear trumpets
The church in Whitby has been in the news today because the graveyard has had a landslide. I thought I’d post a couple of photos taken there this summer – in particular the three-decker pulpit with...
View ArticleCycling cartoons update
The photo above shows a knee and huge glove out cycling this afternoon. I am drawing attention to the fact I went out in very cold conditions today so as to appear more intrepid than I am. Note to...
View ArticleWhere I started cartooning
This is the door to my room at Moorlands College, at the edge of the New Forest, Dorset. The date is approximately 1996*. This is where I first started cartooning, and this door was the place I stuck...
View ArticleDesigning a new ‘Dave Walker’
Photo: My cartoon is due to reappear in the Church Times again next week. Yesterday I spent a few hours sitting in the CT / Hymns Ancient and Modern production department, mainly doing some drawing,...
View ArticleAt the bicycle show
Yesterday we went to the London Bike Show at the Excel exhibition centre in London. Here are a couple of hastily-posted photographs – no time to dilly-dally today as I am full steam ahead on a...
View ArticleFree gifts from the bicycle show
Free items picked up at the bicycle show, and how they will be useful: Waterproofing liquid (soak then agitate thoroughly) Aromatic massage gel for joints (and indeed muscles) Sensitive face care...
View ArticleMichael Palin advises on guidebooks
Picture: I had a choice of two guidebooks. This photograph shows the cover recommendations on the two volumes side by side. I will be writing to Michael Palin for further advice. [Aside: I asked CW...
View ArticleLife in the Church Times office
On Wednesdays and Thursdays I work in London as the web editor of the Church Times newspaper. In today’s 150th anniversary issue (see yesterday’s post) there is, amongst lots of other things, a...
View ArticleWoodwork update
This is my row of hooks on a piece of wood, made this afternoon in woodwork. It is, on the face of it, a key holder, but I am planning to use it more for paraphernalia and that kind of thing. Stop and...
View ArticleSign
I made this sign today. Well, a machine did. But I watched. I will put it in my office in case I forget what I do. Note for readers from the design world: I was not responsible for kerning. My only...
View ArticleCamel
Image: ‘Camel’, taken last weekend whilst on holiday. Lanzarote seems 1700 miles away to me now. First of all: belated apologies that this site entirely died for a few days whilst I was away. I’m...
View ArticleNot so crazy now
Photograph: abandoned crazy golf course, Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote. This is why Spain are not a force to be reckoned with on the international crazy golf scene. I have been uploading some holiday...
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