Helios redux

Swimming under the sun. 

It was too tempting to miss;  a special moment getting up close and under the heat of Luke Jerram's Helios, currently suspended over the Jubilee Pool in Knowle.

 Installed as a fund raiser for the desperately needed new roof, late night swimming sessions for limited numbers of the curious are a fantastic experience. 

It was on the one hand serene when folk were quiet enough to enable the accompanying music to be heard, and on the other an exuberance of joy. 

I enjoyed my half hour greatly, but could have done without the gale blowing on the hilltop as we made our way home at midnight. 

Luke Jerram - Helios

Just opened in Bristol Cathedral, the monumental Helios by Luke Jerram is a mesmerising work, with a tiny earth nearby to give you a sense of the scale of the sun.

 It's on for the whole of October and is well worth ducking indoors for if you are passing, or even if you have to take a special trip, as the Cathedral itself, and it's commendable and important work on the slave trade counter-narrative is time well spent. Sit and wonder. You'll be glad you did.