The Beacon Fell Snake

There was a wooden snake for years on Beacon Fell but over the years it went rotten & eventually they removed it.
A local Preston school raised over £42000 & together with a grant & other donations this new stone snake was commissioned.
It’s much longer than it looks here & it weaves through walls & is very realistic.

Connie bobbed about in between the trees & snakes body.

Three good things:
1. A reasonably early walk with Connie before it got too hot.
2. It’s amazing who you find to chat to up there….others with dogs are always ready to chat.
3. We have bought a wood burner.

[Judith Johnson]

An amazing structure, I bet the children love playing with it too. Hot, hot? What's this about hot weather? It's been overcast and not too warm here all day!

[Casablanca]

That is fantastic! I'd love to play on that with a bunch of kids! Superb structure.

[Krista Marson]

what a fun little story

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a wonderful structure and so realistic - both adults and children alike must enjoy this on their way on the fell !

[julia]

And it looks as if it us well used for sitting a d climbing on.. nice place for a walk..

[Kitty Hawke]

Love it.......what some fab stonework.

[Judith Greenwood]

“Before it got too hot” - we are obviously in different countries!! Trying to rain again all day here. This snakes is a little bit scary!

[Dawn]

Wow this is so cool fav

[Pat Knowles]

@judithg Very hot here today! I think we’re having the better weather up here at the moment! Harry has got sunburnt!
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[Dixie Goode]

I love the snake. It’s fun and reminds me of a big crawl through tunnel snake I both loved and was terrified of as a child.

[Bep]

Amazing structure.
Only 16°C here...

[Phil Howcroft]

how fabulous Pat, this looks amazing

[Babs]

I love it, what a great idea to create a stone snake. I bet the kids love to play on it.

[Maggiemae]

I'm glad it isn't real - it would swallow Connie in one gulp! Glad you have made a decision on the wood burner. Be a while before you need it!

[Jane Pittenger]

Hard to get a wide enough shot of this beauty

[Barbara Paquette]

What a fantastic project…I would love to walk on it! Hot here, too…early and late walks with the dog, but he sees when it is the last bit of shade and plops down and refuses to continue.

[Lynda McG]

Nice pov of the snake Pat and interesting facts I never knew!

[Sarah Bremner]

That's beautiful and what an amazing sum of money raised for the project.
Good to have cool spaces for walks on hot days.

[leggzy]

Wow, looks fantastic.

[Lesley]

How fabulous that they raised the money to replace the old one. Excellent capture

[bkb in the city]

Very cool piece of woodwork

[Peggy Sirk]

Very cool and slightly creepy. This reminds me of Nagini...the snake in Harry Potter.
Getting outside activities taken care of early is a necessity here, otherwise the heat and humidity will have you looking, and feeling, totally wilted.