Bruce Thomson

2015, Britain

Honda SS50

I saw this lovely little bike in Utrecht, Holland. We’d just been to the impressive Reitveld Schröder House and found that our entry tickets gave us admission to a Museum downtown, whence we headed. The Museum was decent, but probably would have been better if we’d seen it before the house. At any rate, onContinue reading “Honda SS50”

2015, Austria

Bentley in Amsterdam

Imagine my surprise, strolling along the charming canals of downtown Amsterdam (I believe that this was on the Prinsengracht) and there it was – an ancient green Bentley parked between a Toyota and a Volvo. Wow. My day was made… It was in lovely nick, too. There were lots of neat cars in Amsterdam –Continue reading “Bentley in Amsterdam”

Tiny Pub, Ghent

A Tiny Pub in the lovely city of Ghent. Sadly, I had no time to stop for a beer here (and the pub was packed, besides). Now – the pub was three stories tall – but I’m guessing I could have jumped and touched the middle pane of the second story window – and IContinue reading “Tiny Pub, Ghent”

2015, Canada

Leidesplein- sketch

Sketch of the Leidesplein, Amsterdam… plein aire….

2015 Monaco

Vimy

I didn’t want to draw this. I’ve been wanting to go here for the last couple of decades, and here I was. Vimy. It is an outstanding memorial. “Awesome” in the sense that the word used to be used. I was there with a couple of Malaysians, a Belgian and a Brit and they were surprisedContinue reading “Vimy”

Sketch of a pub in Leuven

A Pub in Leuven. Drawn from another pub. 3 Stellas were consumed for this sketch. The weather was good, the beer excellent and the wife shopping… 🙂