Putting things in order ready for the launch event

The new signposts were installed on the Link about a week before the official launch date in October and this photograph shows a close-up of one of the signposts with the spider and leaf sculptural elements before it is finally set in place. Both signposts have 'The Link' lettering on them but show different nature elements, giving residents the chance to spot the unique designs produced in the community art workshops, as they walk past.

Children from the local primary schools who were involved in the art workshops were invited to come along and watch their designs come to life when the decorative bollards and signposts were installed on the Link. It was an exciting moment to see how some of their designs had been transformed into metal sculptures by artist Jim Roberts over the summer months

Installing signposts at both ends of The Link

The new signposts arrived on a flat bed trailer, ready to be installed at either end of the new footpath across the Link

A close up detail of the lettering with a beautiful leaf and metal spider

Jim and his assistant getting the ground ready for the signposts

Checking the bollards are level and even

Installing the removable bollard for easy grass cutting access on the Link

Levelling the bollards along the row

A metal hedgehog on one of the signposts peeping out from the trailer

Starting to dig the hole for installing the first signpost

Making the hole wide enough and deep enough

The signposts were very heavy and it took two people to lift them into place

Artist Jim Roberts levelling up the first signpost

Sign pointing in the right direction across the Link from Lascelles

Lettering and sculptural details on the first signpost showing a butterfly and bird

A metal flower sculpture winding its way up one of the signposts

The second signpost in place at the Eastbourne end of the Link path with the project information plaque installed in place beside it

A lovely early evening silhouette showing the spiders web on one of the signposts

Lettering and decorative details on the signpost

Local dog walkers and residents enjoying the new paths and signposts

Residents making use of the new paths with one of the new lighting columns seen in the distance

Bank Top Community Partnership gets a new logo

While work was going on to find the right way of displaying all the logos for the people involved in the Link project, Bank Top Community Partnership had a rejig for their logo, so it could reflect their area and its special link with the Darlington railway. Taking her inspiration from a photograph of the Darlington-built train ' The Tornado', local artist Ellin Grassick, produced a new logo for the Community Partnership to use in the future on their publicity material. This was shown on the final project sign along with the logos from other groups involved.

The Darlington-built train 'The Tornado' was inspiration for the new Bank Top logo

The new Bank Top Community Partnership logo

The Link Project sign with the logos from everyone involved in the project