If you've any friends or family who are unconvinced by the worth of sculpture or outdoor art, take them to see this one. Occasionally also known as 'Woman Of The Water' or sometimes even 'Bean An T-Visce', this towering piece by Ireland's Alannah Robins was declared "one of the UK's best sculptures of women" by Laura Barton in a 2011 Guardian article. Barton wrote:

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"This is a quite magical work, which comes alive in the wood's speckled light."

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It can be found at the very bottom of the forest, just up the road from 'Private Meeting' and is worth the trip. The woman holds up a wooden pipe and the water from the stream is diverted, so that instead it comes crashing down onto the man. This was not the original plan however, as Robins herself revealed in 'Natural Order':

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"During my time in Grizedale, one of the two women I was carving became a man. This was part of an important work process that allows the work to evolve in the making, involving an interaction of sculptor, site and materials.

Whilst the woman here is more actively giving, this is no battle of strengths. Both stand in the water, one baptizing, the other being baptized."

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On the day I took the picture to the right, a pile-up of leaves was causing a blockage, meaning that for once the woman got to cool off with a baptism of her own.