Land Art in The Yorkshire Wolds.

I came upon this fascinating land art by Chris Drury (link to his website here) by chance whilst walking through Thixen Dale on stage 4 of The Yorkshire Wolds Way long distance footpath.  (Link to my natural musings blog here).  This stage of the Yorkshire Wolds Way passes through several spectacular glaciated dry valleys and in fact the village of Thixendale may have been given this name because it is at the junction of several of these valleys: six major ones and ten smaller ones.  As we walked down the steep path into Thixendale, way below us we could see what appeared to be earthworks.  Interested and thinking that they may be part of the many sets of ancient earthworks to be found in this region, we went to examine them when we reached the valley floor.  At first we thought they might be an ancient maze or labyrinth, but quickly realised that this was not the case.  At home that evening I conducted some research and was surprised and delighted to discover that it was in fact a piece of Chris Drury land art called Waves of Time.  It was commissioned as part of Wander - Art on the Yorkshire Wolds Way.  The work represents the lines of flow of the glaciers which once covered this area and gouged out these valleys.  It is made from low mounded earth and troughs, seeded so that it blends with the surrounding grass.  At one end is a restored dew pond and it covers several acres in total. (Link to website here)