Poppies at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Last year there was a magnificent display of ceramic poppies in the moat of the Tower of London. Each poppy represented a man from the Commonwealth who had fallen during World War 1. It was an amazing display and proved very popular. Sadly, I was unable to make the trip to London to see the piece of artwork, but saw many photos of it.

Now, some (not all) of the poppies are touring different places in the UK, one being the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP). As we did not get to London and YSP is on our doorstep we took a trip to see them.

Here are some of my photos from the exhibition...

Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Another Easter trip out was with some friends to Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster. We saw lots of animals - polar bears, meerkats, mongooses, lions, leopards, tigers, wallabys, lemurs who were very friendly and lots more. The highlight of the day for me was seeing the wallabys and hearing the lion roar as we walked back to the car park . . . there is something really powerful about hearing a lion ROAR!

Sadly I did not take many photos, but here are a few of the friendly wallabys

East Marton along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal

We have been out and about enjoying the gorgeous Easter weather with a little trip to meet some family near East Marton with a walk along the Leeds Liverpool Canal, it was a glorious day - we saw lots of countryside, ducks, frogs, swans, sheep, lambs and most of all SUN!!

At East Marton the A59 road crosses the canal with a unique double arched stone bridge...