Another interesting walk

I featured this wood sculpture a while ago when out for a walk on a dull day.  It also looks good against a blue sky.

This particular neighbourhood had other street art installed a year or two ago all made of recycled wood, including practical items such as the community notice boards with metal deer antler motifs.

One day recently I walked along one of the roads in the area for the first time after taking a different tram route from town. (The two local tram routes stop at the bottom of a hill and sometimes I have to continue my journey by bus or walk home).

My walk took me up hill as usual and I stopped by this bench not to sit down and rest, but to take a second look at the quirky design.  There was another on the opposite side of the road.

Then not far from the benches I passed a car that made me smile and the longer walk than usual was brightened up by these different sights.

Public Art: The woodland animal sculpture

This is another one of the wooden sculptures that has been installed in a suburban setting, but with a woodland animal theme which reminds us that we are in a semi-rural area.  The suburb is named after a woodland area and the owl is used as a symbol in this part of the city.

The little dog is a nice touch even if it's the odd animal in the group carving.

It's another beautifully-crafted piece of work that has been created for the enjoyment of the community.

Public artwork

Just next to the path that leads up to the Common a new wooden sculpture has appeared.  It's one of several pieces of street furniture and art that has been commissioned by the local residents' association of a housing estate on the edge of the village.

Sheffield conurbation is one of the greenest cities in the U.K. with many open spaces and woodlands having been preserved for the public's enjoyment.  Sadly, some trees have had to be felled when they have become unstable and, thankfully, new saplings have been planted.  It's good to know that these sculptures were created locally from wood that had only been taken from trees that needed to be cut down for safety reasons.

I didn't see Alice

We had a wonderful view of Llandudno's North Bay from our hotel bedroom window.

On the promenade is The Mad Hatter with the dormouse;  one of the Alice in Wonderland statues that can be seen in the town.  

Llandudno has a link with the author, Lewis Carroll, because the real Alice who inspired the Wonderland tales, Alice Liddell, spent vacations with her family at their holiday home, Penmorfa, on the West Shore. 

                                                                           
Not far away is the White Rabbit

There's a statue of Alice in Wonderland outside the train station and the Cheshire Cat is in an area of landscaped gardens with an open air theatre in the Happy Valley on the Great Orme.  A visitor can reach the summit of this headland on foot, tramway or cable car and perhaps we will return some day and explore this popular area of the town?

In the meantime, anyone for tea and a biscuit?   And since I didn't see Alice I bought a souvenir of lovely Llandudno from the Wonderland collection with a retail outlet at the information centre - a teabag or tea spoon rest to remind me of a happy time there.

We were blessed with good weather that week, but the storms have returned to parts of Britain, including Wales, and many areas have been hit with flooding once more.  People have been evacuated from homes and businesses so those of us who live on higher and drier ground remember them and hope that their situation will improve and there will be a respite in the bad weather and that the waters will subside.