On to our second day of English exploration, and an experience from your author's childhood, when family would meet in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire for picnics and bike rides, and an occasional visit to the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail, a four mile walk around some interesting sculptures which when it opened in 1986 was one of the first of its kind.
The trail is maintained by the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust, which continues to add new works such as Annie Cattrell's Echo, which was installed in 2008 and David Cotterrell's imposing eleven metre high Hill33, added in October 2010 and weighing 1,300 tonnes.
For more, see
http://www.forestofdean-sculpture.org.uk/
^Picture © Stuart Richards used under a Creative Commons license^
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Wow, there's a blast from the past! Like yourself, as a child I used to go bike-riding etc in the Forest of Dean, and remember the Sculpture Trail well. If it opened in 1986 then I must have seen it in roughly its original state, but also remember returning in the late 1990s and being disappointed by its decline -- interesting to hear its still being maintained & added to; I'll have to go back next time I'm in the area.
ReplyDeleteHello, it would be great to hear from you about your memories of this sculpture which is being taken down this year. Please email me on fodsculpture@gmail.com
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