In 2023, the Southwest Coast Path Association celebrates its 50th birthday, so I set myself the challenge of spending the year walking and drawing the Path and creating 50 pictures out in the wild - one for every year!

The coast path runs from Poole, all the way through Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, ending in Minehead, making it, at 630 miles, the UK's longest National Trail. And the Southwest Coast Path Association is the charity which helps to protect and maintain it. It costs over £945,000 a year just to keep this valuable path open, protected and in good shape, so I am raising funds to help it continue its important work. If you are someone who has walked it, cares about right to roam, and/or cares about protecting our coastline, then please consider donating what you can to help.

I've called the trail The Creative Path, as I have certainly been on my own creative journey over the year, but also because I have been offering free Creative Path workshops to communities along the way, hopefully encouraging more people to experience the joy of getting outside, on the path, and being creative.

By supporting my campaign, you'll be helping the Association to protect and preserve this amazing asset, helping to make it resilient in the face of a changing world, and make it an even more accessible, wonderful place to be. With a cost of around £1500 per year for each mile, every penny really does count, so please give generously!