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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
That statement alone shows a total lack of understanding of Lancashire weather.
It will not merely collect rainwater in the winter months. It will not merely collect "small ribbons" of water. What about when it chucks it down for days on end? What about the soggy wet horrible summers like we had last year? Will there be any drainage at all? How deep are these furrows and how deep will the water become? Has the possibility of a child drowning in the stagnant water been considered? The safety aspect alone is one for concern.
And please, please, please not more trees. We've already got trees which make the Coppice look alien to those of us who remember it in pre-tree days.
I would be happy with a refurbishment of the monument and shelter and leave the rest alone.
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I agree wholeheartedly on the subject of rainwater collecting and think it will look unsightly and spoil the over all look. I think that drainage should be incorporated and I will suggest it to the artist and the team. So, on that subject I'm afraid that at this point I can't give you a better answer.
I think what has to be remembered is that the design and the project is in its infancy in Hyndburn and it is right to keep bringing up these issues now so that something can be done about it. I would hate for it to be like Diana's memorial fountain when issues were only raised after the thing had been built.
The only tree that is being considered is an oak tree right in the centre of the rings. This would symbolise the oak-ring-town name. I personally agree that the other trees should be thinned out - it's a bit unnerving to go up there as a woman alone, even in broad daylight.
Funding for the refurbishment of the monument and shelter will applied for from English Heritage and it's been intimated that we stand an extremely high chance of getting it.