Long distance swimming is a lonely sport (Revised)This was Tom's first attempt at breaking the record for the youngest swimmer to attempt the cross-channel swim.
As long as he remembered to turn Right at Newhaven it would be trouble-free. Dieppe next stop.
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OK this is the last version. I am done with it.
You can see earlier versions here -
&
baby:
[link]water:
[link]splashes:
[link]clouds:
[link]Pier:
[link]Pavilion:
[link]Sea floor:
[link]Seagulls:
[link] &
[link]white cliffs of dover:
[link] Photographer - Piotr Kuczynski
Sea Mine:
[link] - public domain
Chains:
[link]Texture:
[link] 
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I like the way you've changed the sea floor, but the mountain at the back is not convincing: a mixture of colour & unlikeliness, I think, whereas the undulating foreground adds interest. I understand why you put the mines in, but they look too new - perhaps they might have been improved with some rust & weed etc? Something about their placement is also not quite right to me, in the way you've concentrated them on one side.
Anyway, thanks for the chance to comment further & well done again.
PS I'm enjoying the white cliffs of Dover & the Brighton pavilion (?)
RE: I'm enjoying the white cliffs of Dover & the Brighton pavilion (?)
Yes, I have taken a bit of artistic licence by putting the Brighton Pavilion on a pier, but it suited the feel I wanted, and the Cliffs just help to anchor the location for a cross-channel attempt.