Back in the day I had several motorbikes the last one I had was was a Norton Dominator, 1958 88 Wideline 500 cc, like the one in the picture above although my one was scruffier. In the 1970s I enjoyed commuting to work from Ramsgate to Stevenage on various motorbikes.
Anyway I sometimes go to Margate Meltdown and look at the bikes although over the years my interests have moved from engineering to the arts.
Next are links to some photos of the 2011 Margate Meltdown.
Canterbury today and on the sketching front I am still experimenting with both shop window reflections and populating paintings with people.
The two Canterbury sketches on this sheet of paper which I folds up so it fits in my sketchbook which fits in my pocket started out as letterbox format but the people sort of fell into the other letterbox.
This is a detail
As you see I don't exactly suffer for art.
Next some pictures of Margate events
These are only labelled as Margate event
The scaffold on the end of the pier blownup here is unusual, any ideas anyone?
Back in 2011 Dreamland hadn't opened but Carter's Steam Fair was on the Dreamland site so here are the photos of that.
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