Anybody used to traveling on the M5 will have spotted the motorway's iconic Willow Man.
It's always been a marker to say you're near Bristol when travelling up up from the South West's beaches and has placated many children in the back seats of cars in this way for over 20 years. Recent times have seen the area surrounding the artwork become more urbanised, and change almost beyond recognition, but still he holds the same pose.
Some have accused those responsible for his care of abandoning the statue, but public interest says otherwise. Sadly, he is in need of some TLC, and not minor works either - totalling up to £100,000 worth at least, DevonLive reports.
