Last week, very unusually for me, I made an impromptu trip out in the late afternoon – 4,000 steps and the equivalent of 60 flights of stairs before teatime!! I’ve been meaning to visit since June, and finally made it just over a week before its ending!
This year’s Up The Beacon Sculpture Trail takes place in the same area as last year, but with new and different sculptures to see. Oh, and also 70 tree people to spot! Having parked in the village of Woodhouse Eaves, I walked up Beacon Hill to the Upper car park, and then took the trail which winds around the lower levels of the area. Sorry, that’s not very descriptive, but if you happen to go along – and do, it’s well worth it! – park in the Upper car park, and you can’t miss the start of the trail! Find this lady, and you've found the beginning!
There were a wide variety of artists involved in creating the sculptures, including some school groups. As I mentioned, some sculptures from last year were still in evidence, although I’m pretty sure they had been treated to some new willow parts! There were lots of new sculptures, and I have to admit that some of my favourites were the representations of mycelium. This was particularly because I’d recently read a book called ‘The Observant Walker’ by John Wright, in which the author sets out on eight different nature trails across the country, and seems to regularly talk about the different species of mycelium he comes across.
Then there were the tree people to find! This may sound easy, but honestly, it wasn’t!! I guess it depends a lot upon what time of day you visit the trail. When I was there, the sun was still very bright, but was beginning to drop down, and so some of the little tree people were hidden in the shadow of the leaves. Having said that, I did manage to find 68 of the 70. Well, when I say ‘I’, I really mean that the hubby found the majority of them!! Still, it was good fun, and certainly made us look around more than we would probably have done if we hadn’t been avidly searching for those tree people!
Here's a few
photos – I won’t share too many, as it will spoil the surprise and delight for
you when you visit yourself, but do hurry as the trail closes on 21st September!
Many thanks to the artists who include:
Nita Rao; Susheel Rao; Mapplewell Hall School with Lisa Denham and Nita Rao; Alison Folland; Glebe House; Judith Eason; Erica Middleton; Soft Touch Arts; Nick Rapson; Silke Walker, Men and Women in Sheds; Sara Budzik; Ruth Stephens; Adetunji Onigbanjo; Ruth Singer; Tony Thory, and others.
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