“The bigger the mandala, the more the work! You can rack up 20,000 steps in the space of a couple of tennis courts over four or five hours.”
Simon Wheatley's work is amazing: a self-taught sand artist his mandalas have captured many people's imaginations and have adorned beaches in Cumbria and beyond.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the creation of Growing Well, a charity which uses horticulture as a way of rebuilding confidence and resilience, he's about to create his latest design on the beach at Bardsea.
In this podcast we not only hear from Simon about his artist skills but also more about the work of a charity that's grown from a single site in south Cumbria to now managing three across Cumbria.
