We have a new fun project! The town we live in is known for the large number of sculptures scattered around the place - we have some quote notable works in the town including some by the likes of Hepworth, Rodin and Moore - there are over 80 in total and there are a serious of trails around the town which you can follow to see them all. (Or rather at the moment not *quite* all as some are inside various buildings which are of course currently closed to the public). In spite of having lived here for nearly 17 years we have still never managed to see them all, so we decided that the walking we are doing currently might be a great chance to walk the trails and tick off all those sculptures that are freely available to see. We made a start this morning (one is literally across the road which goes to prove how ridiculous it is that we've not done this before!) and ticked off the first 6 including one we'd never seen before at all, and another (above) that we weren't aware was part of the trails.
Today was "Earth Day" - and having the time, I decided I wanted to do something to mark it - so I grabbed our litter-picker, gloves and a black sack and broke the rules by heading out a second time this morning to the woods to see how much rubbish I could find, and clear up. The answer turned out to be a quite alarming amount - I had no problems at all filling the bag in just over half an hour - plastic bottles, sweet and chocolate wrappers, drinks cans and more. The number of places where people clearly routinely go and sit for a picnic of sorts and then leave, discarding all their rubbish behind them were quite alarming - and I have little doubt that if I go through there again in a few weeks time it will be back to the same state. Still - for the moment it's far, far tidier, and nicer for people to walk through, so that's something.
Robyn
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