Little Snowdog Pack 17 - Found at Empire Cinema, Sunderland

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.



Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdogs:

Little Snowdog Pack 17

Photographed on 10th November 2016

All together there were ninety-seven little Snowdogs to find and each one had been decorated by children from different places.  The little Snowdogs, for their own safety I think and so they would have some sane conversation at night like I do with all my friends, had gathered themselves together into packs of dogs.  The smallest pack had three dogs in it and the largest had nine dogs.  And we went to see them all.

The pack I am showing you today is officially pack number seventeen, the last of the little Snowdog packs in the centre of Sunderland and the last of the packs that I have to show you.  That's it.  I've shown you all ninety-seven little dogs now and sixty-one full size snowdogs too.  My special interest blog project is nearly over.

We saw these dogs on a very exciting day.  A giant Snowdog day on which we visited every single Snowdog and little Snowdog in Sunderland.  That's thirty-four dogs in total.  A very busy day.

Here are our pictures of Little Snowdog pack number seventeen.  There were four dogs in this pack, living at the Empire Cinema in Sunderland

You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

I present to you the seventeenth little Snowdog pack.   You'll be able to tell that even a week before having to finish our Snowdog hunt we hadn't mastered little Snowdogs.  We're not sitting on any of these.  Good grief.  Isn't that sad?

The first dog was called Huamei, and was designed by Rickleton Primary School.

The second dog was called Jimral, and was designed by Shiney Row Primary School.

The third dog in the pack was called Rio, and was designed by Wessington Primary School.

The final dog in the pack and the final little snowdog of the ninety-seven we saw on the trail was called Snowflake, and was designed by Diamond Hall Infant Academy.

Finally, a group shot of the four dogs.

Snowdog 56 - Sparky - Found at the Seafront in Seaburn

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.



Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 56

Photographed on 10th November 2016

This dog is called Sparky.  My person says that her grandparents had a dog called Sparky when she was a little girl.  Or boy.  Everyone thought she was a boy in those days.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, on the promenade at Seaburn, north of central Sunderland.  Three stops north by Metro and then a walk to the sea.

The dog was designed by David Sith.

The tenth of November.  It's a date that will got down in the pages of history as a good day out for me, Winefride and our person.  It's the day we went Snowdog finding in Sunderland.  It's true that we had seen a few of the dogs before on previous visits.  Such as the day a fortnight earlier when my person went to Sunderland in search of a pink flamingo and ended up discovering nearly every other animal on the planet in the form of street art.

The tenth was amazing.  We caught the Metro to Seaburn and walked to the seaside where we located our first dog, Sparky.  From there we had a very long walk which took us to our second dog and first little dog pack at the National Glass Centre.  After that the dogs were more closely packed.  We saw two more dogs to the north of the River Wear, at the Stadium of Light before crossing the bridge into the centre of the city.  And then it was easy.  Four little snowdog packs and eight snowdogs were visited in quick succession.  It was nice to see some of them for a second time.  Felt like we were returning to old friends.

All that walking.  All those dogs.  No wonder we were all exhausted by the end of the day.

Here are our pictures of Sparky.

You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

Snowdog 55 - Frostbite - Found at the National Glass Centre, Sunderland

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.



Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 55

Photographed on 10th November 2016

This dog is called Frostbite.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland.  It was funny at the Farewell Event.  Frostbite was living in the marquee and then had to be wheeled outside just in case he melted in the heat.  He's made of glass you see.

There were signs saying not to touch Frostbite.  I guess they didn't want anyone to be damaged.  But I was rebellious and I decided I wanted to sit on him anyway.

The dog was designed by Charlotte Mitchell.

The tenth of November.  It's a date that will got down in the pages of history as a good day out for me, Winefride and our person.  It's the day we went Snowdog finding in Sunderland.  It's true that we had seen a few of the dogs before on previous visits.  Such as the day a fortnight earlier when my person went to Sunderland in search of a pink flamingo and ended up discovering nearly every other animal on the planet in the form of street art.

The tenth was amazing.  We caught the Metro to Seaburn and walked to the seaside where we located our first dog, Sparky.  From there we had a very long walk which took us to our second dog and first little dog pack at the National Glass Centre.  After that the dogs were more closely packed.  We saw two more dogs to the north of the River Wear, at the Stadium of Light before crossing the bridge into the centre of the city.  And then it was easy.  Four little snowdog packs and eight snowdogs were visited in quick succession.  It was nice to see some of them for a second time.  Felt like we were returning to old friends.

All that walking.  All those dogs.  No wonder we were all exhausted by the end of the day.

Here are our pictures of Frostbite.

You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

Snowdog 54 - SAFC Spraydog - Found at Stadium of Light, Sunderland

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.



Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 54

Photographed on 10th November 2016

This dog is called SAFC Spraydog.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, outside Stadium of Light in Sunderland and was the official dog of Sunderland football club.  A latecomer to the trail, he didn't appear on the official trail map.

The dog was designed by Frank Styles.

The tenth of November.  It's a date that will got down in the pages of history as a good day out for me, Winefride and our person.  It's the day we went Snowdog finding in Sunderland.  It's true that we had seen a few of the dogs before on previous visits.  Such as the day a fortnight earlier when my person went to Sunderland in search of a pink flamingo and ended up discovering nearly every other animal on the planet in the form of street art.

The tenth was amazing.  We caught the Metro to Seaburn and walked to the seaside where we located our first dog, Sparky.  From there we had a very long walk which took us to our second dog and first little dog pack at the National Glass Centre.  After that the dogs were more closely packed.  We saw two more dogs to the north of the River Wear, at the Stadium of Light before crossing the bridge into the centre of the city.  And then it was easy.  Four little snowdog packs and eight snowdogs were visited in quick succession.  It was nice to see some of them for a second time.  Felt like we were returning to old friends.

All that walking.  All those dogs.  No wonder we were all exhausted by the end of the day.

Here are our pictures of SAFC Spraydog.

You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

It was very windy and difficult to sit on the dog safely.  We both fell off and Winefride ended up running half way across the car park before my person could catch up with her.  These things can happen when my person lets go of Winefride's reins.  She doesn't understand danger and runs off at the worst times.  My sister is severely autistic and I love her so much.

Little Snowdog Pack 16 - Found at Sunderland Minster

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.



Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdogs:

Little Snowdog Pack 16

Photographed on 10th November 2016

All together there were ninety-seven little Snowdogs to find and each one had been decorated by children from different places.  The little Snowdogs, for their own safety I think and so they would have some sane conversation at night like I do with all my friends, had gathered themselves together into packs of dogs.  The smallest pack had three dogs in it and the largest had nine dogs.  And we went to see them all.

Some of the packs I will show you in just one post.  Others will take more than one post.  When there are eight or nine dogs there are a lot of pictures.

The pack I am showing you today is officially pack number sixteen.

These dogs lived inside the walls of Sunderland Minster.  None of them lived inside the yurt though.  My person had attempted to find the yurt a couple of weeks earlier but got herself very confused about things and ended up with a very different day to the one planned.  She had wanted to spend that day inside the yurt with people from the Minster but the alternative day was good too.  Much better than an alternative truth would have been.

We saw these dogs on a very exciting day.  A giant Snowdog day on which we visited every single Snowdog and little Snowdog in Sunderland.  That's thirty-four dogs in total.  A very busy day.

Here are our pictures of Little Snowdog pack number sixteen.  There were four dogs in this pack.

You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

I present to you the sixteenth little Snowdog pack

The first dog was called Blossom, and was designed by Hylton Castle Primary School.

The second dog was called Buzz, and was designed by Valley View Primary School.

The third dog in the pack was Elmer, and was designed by Back on the Map Crafty Kid's Club.  An apostrophe that possibly shows there is only one Crafty Kid whose club it is.

The final dog in the Minster was called Winston, and was designed by Holmewood.

Snowdog 53 - Wonderhound - Found at Stadium of Light, Sunderland

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.



Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 53

Photographed on 10th November 2016

This dog is called Wonderhound.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, at Stadium of Light in Sunderland.

The dog was designed by Illona Clark and was inspired by fantasy writers everywhere.

The tenth of November.  It's a date that will got down in the pages of history as a good day out for me, Winefride and our person.  It's the day we went Snowdog finding in Sunderland.  It's true that we had seen a few of the dogs before on previous visits.  Such as the day a fortnight earlier when my person went to Sunderland in search of a pink flamingo and ended up discovering nearly every other animal on the planet in the form of street art.

The tenth was amazing.  We caught the Metro to Seaburn and walked to the seaside where we located our first dog, Sparky.  From there we had a very long walk which took us to our second dog and first little dog pack at the National Glass Centre.  After that the dogs were more closely packed.  We saw two more dogs to the north of the River Wear, at the Stadium of Light before crossing the bridge into the centre of the city.  And then it was easy.  Four little snowdog packs and eight snowdogs were visited in quick succession.  It was nice to see some of them for a second time.  Felt like we were returning to old friends.

All that walking.  All those dogs.  No wonder we were all exhausted by the end of the day.

Here are our pictures of Wonderhound.

You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

Snowdog 52 - Great North Polar Pooch - Found at Sunniside Gardens, Sunderland

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.



Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 52

Photographed on 10th November 2016

This dog is called Great North Polar Pooch.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, at Sunniside Gardens in Sunderland, a place we didn't know existed.  We found him for the first time a couple of weeks earlier but weren't on the Snowdog trail then.  That day we were on a photographic challenge.

The dog was designed by Sandra Jaekel-Bothyart.

The tenth of November.  It's a date that will got down in the pages of history as a good day out for me, Winefride and our person.  It's the day we went Snowdog finding in Sunderland.  It's true that we had seen a few of the dogs before on previous visits.  Such as the day a fortnight earlier when my person went to Sunderland in search of a pink flamingo and ended up discovering nearly every other animal on the planet in the form of street art.

The tenth was amazing.  We caught the Metro to Seaburn and walked to the seaside where we located our first dog, Sparky.  From there we had a very long walk which took us to our second dog and first little dog pack at the National Glass Centre.  After that the dogs were more closely packed.  We saw two more dogs to the north of the River Wear, at the Stadium of Light before crossing the bridge into the centre of the city.  And then it was easy.  Four little snowdog packs and eight snowdogs were visited in quick succession.  It was nice to see some of them for a second time.  Felt like we were returning to old friends.

All that walking.  All those dogs.  No wonder we were all exhausted by the end of the day.

Here are our pictures of Great North Polar Pooch.

You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.

Snowdog 51 - Hiding Lions - Found at Sunderland Winter Gardens

Hello again.

My name is Blob Thing and I am a small pink soft toy.  Together with my sister Winefride I have toured across Tyne and Wear over the course of two weeks and together we have attempted to complete the Great North Snowdog Trail.  This consisted of us having to find sixty-two Snowdogs and ninety-seven little Snowdogs.  That's one hundred and fifty-nine dogs in total.

And that's a lot of dogs.

We almost succeeded too.  We managed to see one hundred and fifty-eight of the dogs in their locations.  The only one we missed was called Patchwork who wasn't in Tyne and Wear at all.  Seeing Patchwork was impossible for us.  Never mind.  We saw every other Snowdog and little Snowdog and we are very proud of ourselves for this achievement.  We've also seen a lot of amazing sights along the way because Tyne and Wear is full of wonderful places.

And we've seen Patchwork too now, at the Snowdog farewell event.  That was a very special day for me, being able to see all the dogs again.  The streets of Tyne and Wear feel somehow empty without those dogs.

For more information about our amazing quest and the way we were helped by our person, please see my first post on this blog.  It can be found at http://blobandthesnowdogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/blob-thing-and-winefride-welcome-you-to.html  I confess that we all got more than a little obsessive about Snowdogs in the first half of November 2016.  There are worse things to get obsessive about.

Please remember that the Great North Snowdogs existed not just as an enjoyable addition to the landscape of our wonderful county of Tyne and Wear but as a way to raise funds for St. Oswald's Hospice which is our local hospice and which does amazing work.  To find out more about the hospice and see ways in which you can donate, should you wish to, please head over to their website.  It can be found at http://www.stoswaldsuk.org/

I will include the above text in all my posts.  It explains everything.  If you get obsessive about Snowdogs too then don't feel you should read it every time.  That would just be taking obsession a step too far.



Today's post contains pictures of the following Snowdog:

Dog Number 51

Photographed on 10th November 2016

This dog is called Hiding Lions.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, outside the Winter Gardens in Sunderland, a place worth visiting.  We did visit it a couple of weeks earlier and had an amazing time meeting dinosaurs.  I got to sit on a dinosaur egg.

The dog was designed by Helen Stephens who illustrated a book with the same name as the dog.

The tenth of November.  It's a date that will got down in the pages of history as a good day out for me, Winefride and our person.  It's the day we went Snowdog finding in Sunderland.  It's true that we had seen a few of the dogs before on previous visits.  Such as the day a fortnight earlier when my person went to Sunderland in search of a pink flamingo and ended up discovering nearly every other animal on the planet in the form of street art.

The tenth was amazing.  We caught the Metro to Seaburn and walked to the seaside where we located our first dog, Sparky.  From there we had a very long walk which took us to our second dog and first little dog pack at the National Glass Centre.  After that the dogs were more closely packed.  We saw two more dogs to the north of the River Wear, at the Stadium of Light before crossing the bridge into the centre of the city.  And then it was easy.  Four little snowdog packs and eight snowdogs were visited in quick succession.  It was nice to see some of them for a second time.  Felt like we were returning to old friends.

All that walking.  All those dogs.  No wonder we were all exhausted by the end of the day.

Here are our many

pictures of Hiding Lions.

You can see how excited and happy both Winefride and I were to be on the trail of Snowdogs.  We have had an amazing time.  And I think our person has enjoyed herself too.