BERGH APTON SCULPTURE TRAIL – 2011

THE JOURNEY

Bergh Apton’s 2011 Sculpture Trail, entitled The “Journey”, will celebrate the creation and building of a Mediaeval church such as the one in Bergh Apton. As well as the Arts, the appropriate Heritage Skills & Crafts will be demonstrated, coupled with live Music.

The Journey will reflect that taken by mediaeval pilgrims and builders of churches using some 16 garden and other staging posts connected by footpaths and tracks through Bergh Apton village and the Norfolk countryside.

The Journey will appeal to an even wider range of interests than the 2008 Trail with its focus on Sculpture, Heritage Skills, Gardens, and a Mediaeval church.

Saturday 21 May & Sunday 22 May

Saturday 28 May & Sunday 29 May

Saturday 4 June & Sunday 5 June

Opening times 10:30am to 6pm

Tickets at the Gate:

Adults - £10 one day;             £15 any two days;

no concessions except South Norfolk Leisure Passport holders;

Children under 16 – free

Dogs on leads (and not left in cars) are welcome

Directions

8 miles SE of Norwich on A146 towards Beccles, to the south, via Thurton

Parking

Free Car parks. Please follow signs - main car park Garden 4; further spaces at the Church.

Designated disabled parking at Village Hall, Garden 1, Church, Garden 17. See website Trail Map.

Getting Around

The roads in our village are narrow. We strongly request you park in the free car parks and cycle or walk. No general Trail transport.

Bear in mind that walking the full Trail could take all day.

Visitors with Limited Mobility

We have tried to provide access for all abilities. Some gardens and paths may be a challenge for wheelchairs, particularly in wet weather. Limited free transport for ‘Blue Badge’ holders will be available.

Bikes

Go Green! Bring your own bikes and cycle the Trail. (No Trail Bike hire available)

¨ Some 65 Sculptors have been asked to pick up on the connections with our mediaeval past – to show the continuity of history with figurative, abstract and representational work.. The sculptors have selected where they will be showing their works in the gardens and public spaces. There will be some eye catching and exciting works - unexpected, imaginative and provocative. Once again students of the Norwich University College of the Arts will be showing their vision of the artistic path to the future, alongside artists who are already well established and successful.

¨ a major new emphasis will be on the dynamic and life-enhancing skills & crafts used to create a mediaeval church. East Anglian practitioners of those Heritage Skills still available today will be Demonstrating, albeit practised only by a few specialised craftsmen. The Programme is likely to be different each day and will range from flint-knapping to calligraphy, from heraldic art to joinery, from book illumination to silversmithery.

¨ The culmination of “The Journey” will be a Mystery Play, commissioned from the renowned storyteller and writer, Hugh Lupton and narrated by him with the community playing the key roles. This will start with the cast in a cart being drawn by heavy horses through the village to the church.

¨ Visitors to each staging post will be entertained by musicians playing or singing – a delightful, gentle background to entice the ear as well as the eye. The Programme will be varied from day to day.