'Sidewinder' lurked in the trees near High Bowkerstead, winding its way, snake-like, for sixty feet along the side of the road. At the time, Andy Goldsworthy spoke about how 'Sidewinder' came out of failed searches for suitable timber for his first piece, 'Seven Spires':

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"After looking for straight trees, all I could see were bent trees, so I decided to make something out of bent trees, especially because the foresters can't use them.

It is part of the nature of Grizedale Forest that trees are cropped, grown and cropped and it was in that cycle that I made this work.

Originally when I was going to do it, I thought I'd be able to use a lot of the tension in the trees themselves, but it didn't work like that. There wasn't enough 'give', especially with these thick ones. They had to be grown in that way."

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It was chopped up in the late nineties and the debris could still be found for a good while after. The area has since been felled and new trees are now growing there once again.

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Also by this artist:

Seven Spires 1984

Woven Ash Ball 1984

​Cone 1988

Taking A Wall For A Walk 1990