The Black Pearl

Walking along the prom just outside New Brighton, we came across this brilliant piece of public art. Someone had created a driftwood version of the Black Pearl, a superb imaginative playground for kids, old and young alike! They had also left plenty more driftwood and junk for the kids to do their own thing, which they were doing.
I would like to shake his hand, he who made this.
BE took a better shot and has more information about the artist here.