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Stiffkey freshes, Jan 2017 pastel on paper 28 x 38 cm

Devil’s Punchbowl, Thursday morning 16th Feb 2017 

pastel on paper 28x38cm

Rivers of Norfolk

River Thurne

It’s mid-week in late October as I turn off the busy main road and drive down the hill from Martham towards the boat yard. There are a surprising number of cars parked here but I can’t see anyone. Then my eyes adjust to the chaotic boatyard surroundings and I realise that there are fishermen everywhere, sitting between boats, on platforms, in fact perched on every available edge. None of them openly looks at me, no one says a word. I gather up my drawing equipment and walk out of the yard and along the mown bank until I get to the last fisherman. I leave a polite distance, upend my bucket and settle down to draw the river.