Pin Mill is a timeless riverside hamlet, on the River Orwell, well hidden from the modern world. Even the three nearest villages, Shotley, Holbrook and Wherstead, have never been heard of by most people! The Butt and Oyster pub, the buildings, the boatbuilders, and the Thames barges moored on the Hard have been there for generations, only the tourists are new, and their cars are generally out of sight in the well-hidden car park. With its compositionally perfectly located pub and a working boatyard, it has attracted artists for over a century, from Seago and Wesson, to today's best landscape watercolourists. Its tidal range can change from high water to all mud in a couple of hours. This means you can paint a low tide picture with Thames barges on the mud and, when you finish. start a new picture of the boats floating on a high tide. If you don't get wet feet first, of course!