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@maninthewoods.co.uk

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• Walking artist doing everything the slow way • I make drawings and artefacts in reaction to the landscape and folk culture of southern Britain as I get to know it on my Friday Walk • www.maninthewoods.co.uk

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man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 09/10/2026

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 25/09/2026

This week’s Friday Walk turned into a country pub crawl. There are worse ways to spend a day: youtube.com/shorts/yl-dP...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 11/09/2026

A pasty in my pocket and a pint at the end: let’s go for a Friday Walk: youtube.com/shorts/-s1yy...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 28/08/2026

I visited two really nice (and very different churches) on my Friday Walk. The first was a sweet little tin tabernacle near the River Severn. The second was a more usual church with a dedication to a local English saint and amazing views over the valley below. youtube.com/shorts/34wHg...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 14/08/2026

A visit to a castle and a beautiful decorative church! Let’s go for a Friday Walk: youtube.com/shorts/mV_dK...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 31/07/2026

I rescued a bird! And navigated cows and maize, and played a ropy tune on my whistle in a beautiful old church! Quite a good walk! youtube.com/shorts/mi_85...

A wren nestling in my hand

A field of cows

Maize growing over the footpath

Tin whistle notation which I’ve stitched into a piece of fabric

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 17/07/2026

If you’ve seen a better pub garden than this, then I need your recommendations! Let’s go for a Friday Walk 🍻 youtube.com/shorts/htfbJ...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 10/07/2026

A few weeks ago Charlie and I were lucky enough to be taken on a walk around the Stonehenge landscape by archaeologist Julian Richards. He writes the official guidebook for English Heritage so he’s the right person to be shown around by! youtube.com/shorts/n3mQF...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 04/07/2026

I made this print after coming across a 1610 map of Wiltshire that had a great drawing of Stonehenge in one corner. It was really accurate in some ways but also very odd, like a drawing by somebody who had never been to Stonehenge, based on a drawing by somebody who had been in person.

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 03/07/2026

It was a bit wet but there was plenty to see! Eggs for sale, 2 railway crossings, dog roses and oxeye daisies everywhere, medieval tombs and great hassocks in the church, a glimpse of a stately home, a trotting horse, and a pint of ale at with a friendly face at the end! youtube.com/shorts/t9LcC...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 19/06/2026

Handmade signs, beautiful old cottages, a railway viaduct over a tranquil river, and a pint of cask ale for less than a fiver! Let’s go for a Friday Walk 🍻 youtube.com/shorts/iDoYC...

chips and a pint

railway viaduct and cowparsley

Handmade lettering from duct tape

a grey stone farmhouse

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 10/06/2026

Wednesday: I love these little poppy seedheads. They’re so structural and decorative. They remind me of imperial crowns.

My fingers holding 3 poppy seedheads

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 02/06/2026

I made this new linocut print after a walk on a deliriously hot day recently. I realised how useful church towers can be to orient yourself in the landscape (and to guide you into a village (and the pub)).

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 23/05/2026

This week I survived an encounter with a horse, two geese and their goslings, and a thrush lividly smashing a snail against the road. youtube.com/shorts/g8DIn...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 15/05/2026

I realised on this week’s Friday Walk that if you’d only ever seen the name of the plant “cowslips” written down, you might think they’re called “cow’s lips”. Which is quite a horrible thought. Tiny yellow lips 🌼🐄 youtube.com/shorts/1Q3f6...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 24/04/2026

How do you feel about scarecrows? 👀 Let’s go for a Friday Walk! youtube.com/shorts/HgYsQ...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 18/04/2026

Beware the scarecrows of Marshfield (part 3)… Do not let this creature make an image of you. Do not leave this man alone in your garden. This man is not a qualified surgeon.

A scarecrow of an artist

A scarecrow of a gardener

A scarecrow of a surgeon

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 18/04/2026

Beware the scarecrows of Marshfield (part 2)… If you see this woman at your windows, quickly draw the curtains. Do not let this vicar marry you. Do not let this man fiddle with your broadband connection.

A scarecrow of a window cleaner

A scarecrow of a vicar

A scarecrow of a telephone engineer

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 18/04/2026

Beware the scarecrows of Marshfield (part 1)… Do not let this man look after your dog. If this woman sits near you, move away quickly and quietly. Whatever this man offers you, say no.

A scarecrow in the form of a vet (I think). He’s sitting on a caged dog.

A scarecrow of a woman with blonde hair sitting on a bench

A scarecrow of a woodworker, made of wood

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 10/04/2026

Lots and lots of blackthorn out there! Let’s go for a Friday Walk! youtube.com/shorts/77WMz...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 05/04/2026

I think what I’m trying to do with my work is to explore, document, and react to the landscape and folk culture of Britain as I encounter it on my Friday Walk. These are the first six of a new series of linocuts I’ve been making in recent months

Six linocut prints: a view from glastonbury tor, church open, the red lion, somerset, have you seen this creature, this way

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 03/04/2026

Who is that naughty little man? 👀 Let’s go for a Friday Walk! youtube.com/shorts/Hp9Ly...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 27/03/2026

Well, that’s my new boots ruined! youtube.com/shorts/dmJJY...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 13/03/2026

Birdsong, rushing water, good signs, daffodils, a pasty, and a pint. Let’s go for a Friday Walk! youtube.com/shorts/29hkr...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 28/02/2026

I made this linocut print as a tribute to the hundreds of mysterious big cat sightings reported every year in Britain. Have you seen this creature?

A linocut print of a black leopard (or panther) with the words “HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CREATURE?” underneath. It’s printed in black ink on off-white paper.

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 27/02/2026

Come with me for a rather wet Friday Walk: youtube.com/shorts/G3Jcv...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 07/02/2026

My collection of beasts in the studio

Four black cows, one made of card (with the word SOMERSET in white) and three made of wood

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 09/01/2026

This sign is so low to the ground it *must* have been put up by the hedgehogs

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 21/11/2025

Oh and this is the walk where I saw those hedgehog signs (and survived): youtube.com/shorts/hvxNa...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 21/11/2025

I’m genuinely starting to fear hedgehogs

A hedgehog shaped sign on a rural road that reads: HEDGEHOGS! AVOID!

A hedgehog shaped sign on a rural road that reads: BEWARE! HEDGEHOGS

A hedgehog shaped sign on a rural road that reads: BEWARE! HEDGEHOGS

A hedgehog shaped sign on a rural road that reads: HEDGEHOGS! AVOID!

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 13/11/2025

This is one of my favourite gates in a road of garages near me. I’m not a painter but if I were one then I’d like to be able to use colour and shape this beautifully.

A pair of decaying wooden gates, painted orange, patched with various bits of wood, and decorated with red signs and graffiti

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 31/10/2025

That was a spooky walk! I very rarely feel uncomfortable on a walk but being surrounded by fog makes everything feel… other. A bit like walking in the dark, you just don’t know what’s out there. youtube.com/shorts/Qa0S_...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 24/10/2025

Here’s a page from my sketchbook where I planned out the linocut. I love to see the grids and rules people create when making a sign by hand. Often they result in a bit of awkwardness.

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 24/10/2025

I made this little linocut as a tribute to the many wonderful handmade signs I’ve come across on my Friday Walk

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 24/10/2025

I also saw what is surely the best sign ever made:

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 24/10/2025

I had great light for this week’s Friday Walk ✨ youtube.com/shorts/lsMOT...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 17/10/2025

How much cider is too much cider? Let’s go for a Friday Walk! 🍏 youtube.com/shorts/hjo8C...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 13/10/2025

What do you call this plant? A while ago I asked on here and on instagram what different names people have for this plant. A lot of people said Bindweed, Convolvulus, or Morning Glory. But I was surprised at how many names I was given that were similar to the one I know: Granny-pop-out-of-bed

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 08/10/2025

A very aspirational display in the window of a local charity shop

A rather handsome dummy with brown beard and long hair sitting in bed with a mug of tea, a book, and a computer monotor

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 07/10/2025

Just like I’ll live with this accidental ink spot.

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 07/10/2025

But it does mean the decorative borders on those pages have been swallowed into the makeshift binding. I will live with this…

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 07/10/2025

Luckily, I’ve been drawing decorative borders on some of the pages, so the stitching doesn’t interfere with the recipes…

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 07/10/2025

I’ve carefully removed some of those destabilised pages and stitched them to more stable page…

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 07/10/2025

Recipe book update: When I first started this book, I foolishly cut out a few pages where I’d made some mistakes. This, predictably, destabilised the binding for some of the other pages…

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 06/10/2025

Coincidentally, I then discovered that the word “miniature” originally referred to drawings made in a red pigment in medieval manuscripts. It’s only because those drawings happened also to be small that “miniature” came to mean a small drawing. Here’s my print, which is a miniature in both senses.

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 06/10/2025

When I got back to the studio, I turned it into a miniature linocut, which I printed in red ink

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 06/10/2025

I made this drawing of the cosy little fields from up on Glastonbury Tor on my Friday Walk recently

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 06/10/2025

Monday: drying herbs and homemade curtains

Rosemary and sage hanging up in the window, which is clad in a homemade net curtain and a homemade regular curtain

The curtain (with an oakleaf pattern)

The herbs

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 03/10/2025

I finally bought myself an old walking stick! youtube.com/shorts/51TvO...

man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 03/10/2025

Tesco had no rosemary yesterday. On my way home I saw a huge rosemary bush in a garden, so I asked if I might have a single sprig. The owner me gave me more rosemary than I’ll get through in a year, and lots of sage! He told me to help myself any time. Should we all have communal herb gardens?

My hand holding a decent bunch of rosemary and sage