Bored yet?

We honeymooned for two nights a week after the wedding in north Somerset at Porlock Weir. We stayed at an old hunting lodge, now Millers. It was bliss. Porlock Weir is tiny, a pub, a cafe or two, some tiny gift shops and the hotel. We didn't want for anything though. Great company, fantastic food, gorgeous Gin, who could want for more? Apart from eating well and 'enjoy
ing each others company' we spent hours playing on the beach.

Simon started by stacking stones in

to towers, the rocks were perfect for this and he made quite a few structures

which reminded us of the Easter Island statues somehow.

Next he looked out for rocks

with right angles chipped from them, he gathered four to make a square. He also made a very subtle rainbow, sequencing slightly coloured rocks. It was really funny watching Simon so engrossed, he is a scientist always reading and fascinated by new ideas and concepts

but playing with natural materials seems to be his creative calling, he enjoys the temporary nature, the hard nature of the materials the

physicality.

I tried to do some sketching, everything came out rather

weak, a reflection that I am out of practice. The pen and ink study was the last page I worked on and I am much happier with this, I think working in ink demands a braver, stronger approach. I want to use the sketches and photographs and some studies of pieces of wood and shell I bought back to form the basis of some work for my City and Guilds. So our honeymoon was short but perfect and the images we have bought back mean so much to us- we will never forget our time at Porlock Weir.