On our drive from Perth to St Andrews we had a stop in the Scottish town of Newburgh, which lies on the southern bank of the Firth of Tay. As we walked toward the Sailing Club, we spotted a bear and tree trunk etched out on a hill. The Newburgh Bear first appeared in 1980 during a community project/art festival. Many figures which I’ve seen on English hillsides have been outlined with chalk, but the Newburgh Bear’s perimeter is a shallow trench which is kept free of growth by regular burning.
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