Saturday, 14 April 2012

All weathers in one day

Today I have seen snow, sleet, hailstones, rain, sun and wind and most of it just when it was needed.  Watching football in the sun on a pitch slippy with rain, snow and sleet led to a very interesting game even if it wasn't exactly a classic.  A draw wasn't a bad result and, for us really the effect is minimal at this time of the season.  Mid table obscurity is a welcome position compared to where we could have been.

The wind, luckily, had passed us by in time for the football but thanks to my wonderful Auntie (I don't think I'm supposed to call you that any more am I?  what do I call you now? Friend?) I had made use of it to see something amazing. 




It surprises me how much I like sculptures that exist for everyone to see, the angel of the north, that I pass regularly, still makes me smile everytime eventhough I'm sure I should just have got used to it by now.  The wearside Shipyard monuments are something I could explore for hours and the brick train that hides somewhere near Darlington is something I want to find again and have a really good look at.

This one though needed a perfectly windy day to make it just amazing.  It's called the Singing Ringing Tree and with the wind it does just that.  I have to admit that I wasn't really sure what I would find when I went to look and I never imagined that it would produce the sounds it did but anyone who hasn't seen it should make it part of any visit they make to East Lancashire (I know most people in the world will never visit but you should just for this)

PB.


(There are days I spend writing fiction, this is not one of them)
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  1. Victorix15 April 2012 at 00:09

    Can I go by International Woman of Mystery or possibly the Mad Woman in the Attic?

    I was glad to go and see it myself!

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    1. pandabob15 April 2012 at 00:12

      I'm happy with either of those :-) I'll pick one next time.

      xxx

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  2. Anonymous11 June 2012 at 11:17

    I popped over here basically to see if you were British or American, because one of the clues for Lancs.Anon's game is different depending on which side of the pond you live on. But then I saw this sculpture and I had to comment. It's gorgeous. And there's a folktale about a singing, ringing tree that I need to go hunt out now.

    (And I also need to visit England again and see this for myself!)

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    1. pandabob11 June 2012 at 13:48

      British all the way :-)

      Did you look at any other posts? there is a sculpture further back that is just as lovely as this one, or at least I think it is. They were both done by the same company and involved a very creative person you may know of :-)

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    2. Anonymous11 June 2012 at 18:17

      Oooh, I'll have to go look!

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