Thankfully nowadays, once the coal has been howked out, the mining companies are obliged to put the land back together again, so that you'd think that they'd never been there.
In this case, the mining company and the landowners have used a bit of imagination.
They've enlisted the help of a landscape artist, Charles Jencks, whose brief was 'to mark the transition between the conurbation of Cramlington and the countryside of Northumberland with a new landscape which could be enjoyed by the local community.'
And so, with the help of the artist and the HUGE machinery that helped to mine the coal, work has begun...
to construct....
an ENORMOUS...
...NAKED LADY!
The last image is a computer generated artist's impression.
Isn't she FABULOUS!
The local community will have a brand new country park lady. She's called Northumberlandia.
They'll be able to hike up onto her hip, walk around her head and admire the view of the Cheviots from her boobs. I think its great!
People will be able to see it from the A1, from the East Coast Mainline trains, and of course - get a stunning view of her on a plane into or out of Newcastle airport!
I wonder if Mr. Jencks got his idea from a visit to Tynemouth Beach last week -
Or from Scotland in 2007
Or Scotland 2008...
i listened to a very good programme on radio four a couple of weeks ago about the naked lady so it is goodto see her . the farmer lost a lot of his farm but has come to like the lady .it does look amazing .
ReplyDeleteHi Shents,
ReplyDeleteIs the lady real or as a joke?
T xxx
the random comment was bumnom to get my previous message on....ha ha ha!
ReplyDeleteShe's completely real Tony! If you google Northumberlandia you'll find more info.
ReplyDeleteI pass her on my way to work and she's looking great!
Love the random word you had to put in! Very apt!
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