Sleights holiday 3
At the Danby Lodge North York Moors visitor centre, they have made great efforts to provide activities and things of interest to children. Here be dragons: a huge, impressive dragon sculpture that was carved by chainsaw by Steve Iredale, with metal embellishments made by local blacksmith, James Godbold.
If you don't like dragons, perhaps a dragon fly is more your thing? I found one along one of the woodland trails, where there were also little fairy houses for the 'woodlings'. There is a 'salmon labyrinth' where children can run around pretending to be salmon and, in the process, explore the fish's life cycle. (Needless to say, I didn't run round it myself!) Another wooden sculpture shows an otter chasing a shoal of fish:
I wasn't quite sure what to make of the sculpture below, again carved in wood by Paul Green. Called 'Back to our roots', it depicts a human figure merging with the roots of a tree - a symbol of our physical and emotional interconnectedness with nature. In time, the sculpture too will merge and decay into its surroundings.
Love the dragon, and dragon-fly...but that last one is a bit weird even for me!
ReplyDeleteThe figure in the last one is really well done. Love the otter with the fish and the first dragon.
ReplyDeleteThe dragonfly and fish were intriguing, but the last one was too odd for my tastes. That said, this seems quite the intriguing place to visit.
ReplyDeleteThe dragon is a show stopper.
ReplyDeleteLove these--especially the otter and fish.
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