Bench #3

Walked through Duthie Park in Aberdeen this afternoon in search of another BookBench, which I found close to the cafè.

It was designed by local artist Johanna Basford and portrays what she says  you would see on a walk through a wildflower garden.  She describes herself as an Inky Illustrator and Colouring Book Maker.  Her colouring books, aimed at adult market, proved to be big sellers during Covid.

Her bench is on display in the extras.

I have given pride of place to another bench in the park one which is dedicated to John McLeod, a brilliant scientist, who led the Toronto Team which discovered insulin in 1922.

He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and attended the city’s university. He and his team were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1923.  Insulin has saved the lives of millions of people with type 1 diabetes.