540 - Mermaids off Egypt Point - Cowes Week Size:A4 mount (23cm x 14cm print) In the summer months you

In the summer months you can hire a stripy deckchair to sit and enjoy an ice-cream or crab pasty

The iconic Fishermans Cottage with its thatched roof sits at the base of Shanklin Chine on the Isle of Wight

Horestone Point

The idea of not using such a verdant colour around us in such abundance seems like madness to me

I sketched this on location

540 - Mermaids off Egypt Point - Cowes Week Size:A4 mount (23cm x 14cm print) In the summer months youThe boats were racing so close to Egypt Point on the seafront at Cowes on the Isle of Wight that you could have touched them or jumped on board. This was due to a particularly high tide and favourable wind conditions.