Home of Coldstream FC.

Unsurprisingly they play in Coldstream, the first village/town in Scotland when travelling over the border from England via the A 698.

The club was a founder member of the East of Scotland League in 1923 and is now that league’s longest serving member, playing in its First Division (its second tier, after the Premier,) the 7^th tier of Scottish football. It has long been eligible to play in the Scottish Cup.

Home Park lies at the edge of the town’s park, also called Home Park, the play area of which is to the left here:-

South end of the football ground:-

Looking north. The path beside the pitch (right) is a public footpath which has to be closed off for matches to be played.

Bells to summon servants, Traquair House:-

A harpsichord:-

Ground floor room:-

Cradle used for James VI (James I of England):-

Bed of Mary, Queen of Scots:-

Relics of Mary, Queen of Scots:-

Traquair House is Scotland’s oldest continuously inhabited house.

House from distance:-

Closer view. there are “new” wings to either side:-

Right side new wing:-

Left side new wing:-

A drawing of Traquair House in earlier days is on one of its internal walls:-

Rear of house, hedged maze in middle ground:-

One of the buildings at Yorkshire Sculpture Park is a former chapel.

When we were there it held pieces by Laura Ellen Bacon who use sustainable Somerset willow to make her sculptures.

The main piece was titled Into Being:-

This is the same piece viewed from the balcony:-

This piece, on the balcony, is Contact 2021:-

In the vestibule of the chapel was Muscle Memory:-

This is Masayuki Koorida’s Form Twist. (The spheres in the background are by the same artist):-

Also by Masayuki Koorida: Growth. (This looks to me like a V2 rocket or the rocket on the cover of the Tintin story Destination Moon):-

Simeon Barclay: Pittu Pithu Pitoo (the cockerel is part of the sculpture.) Bretton Hall is in the background:-

Sophia Vari: Le Roi et La Reine:-

Suhasini Kejriwal: Garden of Unearthly Delights:-

In a secluded green area near to the main buildings at Yorkshire Sculpture Park there were two more Daniel Arsham pieces. We happened on them by coming up from the park via this pond:-

View from other side of pond:-

Bronze Eroded Venus of Arles, part of Relics in the Landscape:-

Main park building and Bronze Eroded Bunny:

Reverse view of wall above (Bronze Eroded Venus to left):-

This strange head is by Daniel Arsham. It’s called Unearthed Bronze Eroded Melpomene and from this angle looks like something out of Doctor Who:-

But is a more conventional head from the other side:-

HA_HA is by Brian Fell:-

This old deer shelter at Yorkshire Sculpture Park has now been converted by James Turrell to an Art piece:-

A square has been cut out from its roof allowing a view of the sky:-

A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir by Kimsooja:-

Sean Scully’s Wall Dale Cubed:-

There are several Damien Hirst pieces at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

“Virgin Mother” here seen beyond a lovely bridge over the River Dearne:-

“Virgin Mother” is a giant anatomical model (such as the ones I once used to demonstrate to pupils when teaching the Biology aspect of the First Year Science course – though the school’s model did not display pregnancy):-

“Virgin Mother” in panoramic view (Bretton Lakes, part of the Park, in background):-

“The Hat Misses the Man” for some reason reminded me of 1960s children’s cartoons on TV:-

“Charity” deliberately recalls the charity boxes which used to stand outside High Street shops:-

Fittingly, since Yorkshire Sculpture Park is only a few miles south of Wakefield, her birthplace and home to The Hepworth Wakefield, the Park contains several Barbara Hepworth works.

The most substantial of these is “The Family of Man”, a series of nine sculptures that represent people. They are distributed across part of the Park in amongst some trees.

Also in the Park is Hepworth’s “Squares with Two Circles”:-

Yorkshire Sculpture Park is situated some miles south of Wakefield. Since in our visits to Haworth and Bradford we were close, we took it in.

The Sculpture Park is similar to Jupiter Artland near Edinburgh but covers a much larger area.

There are several Henry Moore sculptures in its grounds.

Upright Motives is near the car park, well before the entrance building:-

Three Piece Reclining Figure:-

Large Spindle Piece:-

Large Totem Head:-

I’m afraid I didn’t note down what this one was called (two angles below):-

Reclining Figure, Arch Leg:-

Reclining Figure Arch Leg showing ‘mouth’:-