Parklife - Treeface

I loved this funny treeface in the park....

 

Parklife - Slogan

Ramsden Family coat of arms on the gate at Greenhead Park. Well they did pay for it. It has the slogan "God Helps the Industrious". ...or it could be "the diligent". Not sure I'd qualify then. I do seem to always see a rat when I'm sketching in the park...

 

Parklife

Life in the Slow Lane with my pals from Art Group, drawing in the park. Thanks folks, you're so brilliant.

 

Ancient Wood and an old moat

Exploring close to home, an old wood and the site of Crosland Hall, location of "The Ellan Feud" in  1304.....excavations in 1977 revealed the remains of the drawbridge supports and stone-lined moat, all now hidden in the garden of a barn and farmhouse. 

                                       

Pleisiosaurus, Ichthyosaurus

 Enormous fossils I managed to squash onto 2 pages and distort, but I enjoyed doing it!

Elf Folklore?

Aforementioned Whitby Pagan Theatre Group. Or Cult. What a shame we couldn't stay for the "adult harvest festival" at Whitby Brewery, but it looks like there's a subliminal message ......

 

Pagan Goings On In Whitby

This extremely nice Guest House in Whitby had absolutely nothing to do with the pagan theatre group performing at the Whitby Brewery. I just drew their poster on the same page......