Northumberlandia

There's a new Earth Goddess on the block - and I've been to see her!

Northumberlandia, the Lady of the North, has just opened to the public, only a couple of hours from my front door. She's the largest human landscape form in the world: 1300 ft long, and 112ft high at the forehead. She was designed by Charles Jencks and cost £3 million to build, as part of the restoration landscaping of the Shotton Coal Mine. I was totally unsurprised to learn that the county council had refused the planning application ... but then it was allowed on appeal to central government.

Heh.
Let's hope she gets on with the Angel. You don't want those two having a dust-up... ;-)

This is what she looks like from the air (pic from official website). I think she's beautiful - and will be even more so when the bare patches grow over with the seeded grasses and wildflowers. She's apparently visible from planes flying in to Newcastle airport, and trains heading up the east coast to Edinburgh.

She has magnificent boobies!

Here's me standing on one, and trying not to get blown off by the vigorous Northumbrian breeze:

And here's her face:

And a hand:

I imagine that on Solstices you won't be able to move for tripping over pagans :-)