The Spine, Pennine Way, Cumbria

' An epic challenge, a veritable monster that scares me silly but I know it’ll be the most rewarding race I’ve ever done. If only I manage to overcome physical and mental challenges to reach that hallowed wall of The Border Hotel, Kirk Yetholm. '

High Force waterfall impressionist contemporary arcylic painting of the rocky face of the waterfall with water dropping into a calm pool below. A magical atmospheric painting.

Cauldron Snout waterfall on The Pennine Way. crashing waterfall tubling down rocks, widening at the base and flanked by rocks and grass to the left. THe painting has a wintery feel with patches of white on the ground surrounding the waterfall.

Cauldron Snout waterfall on The Pennine Way. dark skies with a grassy rocky waterfall and the white of the water falling down into a pool. Moody, modern impressionist style acrylic painting.

An atmospheric foggy, misty and windswept contemporary art acrylic landscape painting of High Cup Nick on the Pennine Way, route for The Spine race. A beautiful natural landmark with rugged rocky craggy sides dropping sharply and symmetrically into a grass and scree valley below.

'The Gap'. Sycamore Gap on Hadrian's Wall. A painting of the wall and the gap left following the illegal felling of the sycamore. The rolling hills in greens and orange and the wall passing from right to left in brown. Broad brushstrokes in contemporary impressionist style with acrylic paint.

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' It’s a damp but pretty run along the fields and lanes to Jacobs Ladder as the sun lightens the wintry sky. Unfortunately, for the whole day, the sun seems to be in the opposite direction of travel, and we always head into the darkest clouds. It’s a day of intermittent rain/sleet, dark heavy clouds and sun struggling to lighten the sky. Kinder is cloaked in fog and light snowfall, but is beautiful nonetheless. '