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 Snowdog:
Dog Number 06
Photographed on 7th November 2016
This dog is called Chilly Dog and is based on the idea of warming up on a cold dog.
This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, at the Royal Quays Shopping Outlet.
That's not a place we've ever visited before and it's not a place we're planning on visiting again any time soon. I'm not a big lover of shopping outlets or shopping centres and would prefer to be sitting on a hill or walking through woodland by a river. But as shopping places go I have to admit that Royal Quays was quite nice. Some of the shops looked more interesting than others and there was even a proper music shop selling all kinds of music and instruments. But we only went there to see Chilly Dog and Rosy Posy.
It was an interesting day. My person had an appointment all morning during which she was assessed for something or other. A woman came to the house and asked her all kinds of questions and she talked about me and Winefride and about her warthog and about how our friend called Portal is named after the Archbishop of Canterbury. She seemed happier talking about all my adventures than about all of her own and she even embarrassed me by talking about how Winefride and I were nearly arrested. The woman seemed to think it might have been my person who was nearly arrested that day. But it really was us, and all because Winefride ran off and made lots of noise. She was just being herself. After that we went to see some dogs in a business park and I was very excited and look forward to showing you dog number 10 because that one was pink like me.
The dog was painted by Sally Adams, who has also designed a gorilla, a dragon, and some ducks.
Here are our pictures of Chilly Dog. You can tell we really liked this dog because there are lots of pictures. We especially liked Chilly Dog's comfy hat.
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.
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