This entry relates to Anderby Creek on the 18th and 19th August.
Weather: Miserable. Outlook for today: Not great. Location: Anderby Creek. Weekend's Figures: Comments log entries 14, People photographed in the work 23, estimated viewers 68.
Anderby Creek is a small coastal hamlet with a glorious expanse of beautiful beach, there are no other distractions so on miserable overcast days it can be quiet, but as someone who has lived in the area for the last twenty years, Anderby is great on any day as long as you are dressed for the weather. However I was not expecting large crowds and did not get them, but what I did get on the 18th was rich vein of opinions from people who have second homes in Anderby, who spent considerably longer than the normal five minutes with the work and in conversation. Their comments and a large selection of comments from the project log for all locations can be read at http://www.malcolmtait.co.uk/forum.htm
On the second day the weather deteriorated and my bronzed look of last weekend took on the mantle of Gormley's rust encrusted long weathered Angel of the North. Today with little engagement I developed plans to generate larger temporary exhibitions for the beach for coming years. It can be a difficult arena to work in with the strong sea breeze and wind. Strong winds can have safety implication for the work and I need to try to develop a release mechanism for the large parasol cover for next year, at present all I can do in really strong winds is fold the parasol down and restrain it in the closed position.
