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Category Archives: Somerset
At the start… or end
Distinctive sculptures mark each end of the South West Coastal Path, currently the longest walking trail in England* at over 600 miles. This is the one found at Minehead and was put in place in 2001.
* = there is a project underway to create a coastal path around the whole of Britain. The Wales Coast Path has now superseded this one at around 870 miles and Wales is currently the only country in the world with a path around its entire coastline.
The furrow followed free
“The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, the furrow followed free.”
~ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
For me, one of the highlights of a trip on the West Somerset Railway is seeing the above quotation on a building as the train pulls into Watchet station. Sadly on Sunday it wasn’t to be seen. However, we did find the Ancient Mariner’s statue by the harbour.
The town is proud of its connection with Coleridge and being the inspiration for one of his most famous poems. I love how this has been translated into the statue’s floral adornment. Perhaps the daffodils are a nod to Coleridge’s friendship with Wordsworth?
At Washford station we learnt how the harbour at Watchet was made into a floating harbour like the one at Bristol for the Millennium, but the alterations led to problems with silting and the constant need for dredging. Here’s hoping Watchet harbour isn’t on course to being becalmed, just like the Ancient Mariner. It’s a lovely place to visit.
Friday Bench: A spot of red
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” – Charles Dickens.
Sums up this day perfectly 🙂
Friday Bench: Spring flowers
Friday Bench: Recycling in Bath II
I spotted four flower-filled telephones boxes in Bath at the weekend. Only one of them was escorting a bench 😉
Recycling in Bath
In Bath they’ve come up with some innovative yet still useful ways to reuse old telephone kiosks in the city centre.
Look out for another example on Friday 🙂
Friday Bench: A grand day out
Willow
This amazing wrap-around sculpture by Laura Ellen Bacon can be seen at the Holburne Museum in Bath until October 4th 2015.
Her artist’s statement on her website says:
“I relish the opportunity to let a building ‘feed’ the form, as if some part of the building is exhaling into the work.”
Friday Bench: A Sneaky Peek
It cost £3.50 to enter the Sand Sculpture Festival at Weston Super Mud Mare recently. Or you could stand on this wall cum bench for a sneaky peek for free.
