OK, so it's not Christ the Redeemer above Rio or even Antony Gormley's Angel of the North near the A1 at Gateshead but it was jolly nice of the good burghers of Scarborough to erect this statue in a prominent position at the end of the Lighthouse Pier to celebrate the resort's long association with sea bathing. However the devil is in the detail – or the context – and nobody seems to have noticed that the backdrop to the statue is a lighthouse in grave need of a lick of fresh white paint.



(Scarborough, 17:33pm, August 1st 2007, f 6.3 - 1/400 - ISO 100)