The OMM and A Bicycle Ride in Yorkshire

Time flies, over a month has gone by since my last blog. After work today I will be travelling south to Wales and the Brecon Beacons for the Original Mountain Marathon (OMM). Anyone who has read my book Adventures In Mind will know how much I 'enjoy' this event - over the years I have had a fair amount of fun and games in various mountainous areas of the UK while taking part. I am really excited to both be doing the OMM and to be heading back to the Brecon Beacons - a wonderful area that I haven't been to for a while.

The Pennine Way, Great Shunner fell

In between working, training and running after a small child - in itself an endurance event :o) - I have been having a great time continuing to paint areas of Yorkshire and have started off a Kickstarter project in an attempt to fund the publication of my new book.

Otley clock tower and Butter Cross

It is called 'A Bicycle Ride in Yorkshire'. As I alluded to in my last blog, this book as been inspired by the route of Le Tour Yorkshire. It is a collection of 50 paintings of places that lie on or close to the route of the first two days of the 2014 Tour de France.

Salts Mill

Alongside the paintings is a written narrative that describes the route, what it feels like to cycle it and the places you can see and visit along the way. I am enjoying the writing and painting enormously - it is reminding me (again) what an amazing county Yorkshire is and how lucky I am to live here.

Curlew flying above the moor

If you like the look of the book, please feel free to back it on Kickstarter. The project runs until 9th November and you can support it by pledging for the book, limited edition prints or original paintings. Here is a video where I say some more about it.

Thank you!