Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

Davesnave

PasturesNew wrote: »

Let's hope it all stops now... all this high-falutin' type of nonsense. Nobody needs this stuff. Really.

Agreed on the public to pay for it bit, but a journey down the M5 would be less fun without the stuff that's there. The willow person is.....well... something in a very nothing area, but much more fun are the camels and the dinosaur, which cost the public nothing.

I think the dinosaur was better when he was in the trees on the northbound side, but perhaps someone thought he was too subtle, so they shifted him into a more prominent position, southbound.

If people haven't seen these creatures, they'll possibly think I'm raving here!

Edit:...so here's a piccy
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/23300782.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23300782&usg=__9rBt8-LkA1GeTWhlVdB98x3U714=&h=1173&w=1869&sz=236&hl=en&start=0&zoom=0&tbnid=WrI0sdai3MpleM:&tbnh=94&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCamels%2BM5%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4GGLG_enGB307GB307%26biw%3D1415%26bih%3D807%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=983&vpy=466&dur=1031&hovh=94&hovw=150&tx=110&ty=54&ei=y4GeTM2SE4qHswbtvbjmDg&oei=y4GeTM2SE4qHswbtvbjmDg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:0

or two....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/3758451712/

PasturesNew

Davesnave wrote: »

Agreed on the public to pay for it bit, but a journey down the M5 would be less fun without the stuff that's there. The willow person is.....well... something in a very nothing area, but much more fun are the camels and the dinosaur, which cost the public nothing.

I think the dinosaur was better when he was in the trees on the northbound side, but perhaps someone thought he was too subtle, so they shifted him into a more prominent position, southbound.

If people haven't seen these creatures, they'll possibly think I'm raving here!

Edit:...so here's a piccy
http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/23300782.jpg

The camel was always lop-sided... looked drunk.

PasturesNew

Here's the willow man for those that haven't seen it: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vLbMuPkqGIw/SDgh3xHsI2I/AAAAAAAACZY/bY6u3GvvLW8/s400/463000014_3ae556be90.jpg

And here's the scaffolding it took: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1607295.stm

The first willow man cost £15k, but he was set alight by arsonists. Lorra muneh!!

3 weeks' work to make him, expected to last 3 years. Lorra looniez with cheque books!

"The Willow Man project was funded by a grant from South West Arts, the local authority and Sainsbury's supermarket."

pfft... South West Arts... get proper jobs!

PasturesNew

Here's the dinosaur: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2463/3758451712_c8a7d13ae3_z.jpg?zz=1

GDB2222

I think the willow man was/is an ace piece of sculpture. Does anyone know if it's still around?

Davesnave

Whoops! Just realised that you quoted my first piccy before I removed it and edited down to a link, PN.
It was too big, though it looked fine on Google!

Yes Willow Man is still there. They built a moat around him after he was burned.

tomterm8

There was a cucumber question earlier. You can store cucumbers on the plant. Just chop half of a cucumber off instead of the full cucumber. The plant heals the cucumber over, leaving the other half fresh.

PasturesNew

Davesnave wrote: »

Whoops! Just realised that you quoted my first piccy before I removed it and edited down to a link, PN.
It was too big, though it looked fine on Google!

Yes Willow Man is still there. They built a moat around him after he was burned.

They're all links to me... all images are links, it's in the settings.

PasturesNew

OK, so now I know about boutique hotels, I think the one I found is lovely ... but I can't afford nearly £4k to stay there in August for a week

Plus other costs.... call it £5k.

I never knew these places existed!

Davesnave

tomterm8 wrote: »

There was a cucumber question earlier. You can store cucumbers on the plant. Just chop half of a cucumber off instead of the full cucumber. The plant heals the cucumber over, leaving the other half fresh.

I am leaving mine now to develop seeds. Trouble is, they are very shy seeders, so I may just end up with a load of sludge.

No swallows today. Saw two yesterday, heading south and not stopping. That's summer done & dusted....:(

But, hey, autumn isn't so bad. We had a frost last night and now it looks as if I'll have to harvest the squashes. It'll be fun finding out exactly how many are hiding in there, among the soggy leaves.