A lockdown walk to the Oaklands Recreation Ground in South Yardley on the 17th February 2021 (a distance I'd usually get the bus to in normal times). Saw all these yellow O sculptures plus purple I's. I would guess they were installed by the Yardley Arts Forum sometime during 2020. Nice to see. The walk was too long, next time I'm getting a bus there (after lockdown ends).

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Yellow O's at the Oaklands Recreation Ground


Yellow O's at the Oaklands Recreation Ground


A lockdown walk to the Oaklands Recreation Ground in South Yardley on the 17th February 2021 (a distance I'd usually get the bus to in normal times). Saw all these yellow O sculptures plus purple I's. I would guess they were installed by the Yardley Arts Forum sometime during 2020. Nice to see. The walk was too long, next time I'm getting a bus there (after lockdown ends).


A walk of over 12,000 steps and almost 6 miles (via Acocks Green). I walked on Wednesday 17th February 2021 to South Yardley. Not renewed my pass since before we entered this third lockdown (and not been on a bus in a month and half now). Mainly to see the skyline again from the Oaklands Recreation Ground.

While there found all these new yellow O sculptures and purple I sculptures. Plus they are starting to built wildlife friendly planting areas. So development of this park continues into 2021.

 

The first yellow O I saw on entering the Oaklands Recreation Ground was from the entrance on Church Road. Says I love Oaklands on all of them.

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The yellow O's were scattered all over the park.

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Some placed at different angles near the paths.

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This yellow O with a view to the Swan Shopping Centre (with Tesco Extra), Bakeman House and Equipoint.

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Towards Church Road with this yellow O. Some people have already tagged them sadly.

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Back on the semi circle Church Road and got this view of 103 Colmore Row and the BT Tower with a yellow O. Wondered if I could have lined it up with 103 Colmore Row inside of the O?

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Also when first entering from Church Road, saw these purple I's slanted in the soil.

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They are creating wildlife friendly planting areas here. Seen close to Equipoint and the Tesco Extra petrol station.

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Some more purple I's on the path to the other end of Church Road.

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There was about 7 purple I's here around the path, and one yellow O. View to the Birmingham skyline. The Mercian was visible to the right of it, about 6 miles distance away.

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One of the yellow O sculptures was also visible with the Birmingham skyline from the Oaklands Recreation Ground.

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Photos taken by Elliott Brown. Can be found on Twitter: ellrbrown