Little Snowdog Pack 15 - 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.

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 15

Photographed on 10th November 2016 with some of the dogs seen on 24th September too.

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 fifteen.  This pack lived inside the Winter Gardens in Sunderland, a place which also contains a lion, plants, lots of things to look at and even some dinosaurs.  I got to sit on a dinosaur egg which was very exciting.

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 fifteen.  There were six 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 fifteenth little Snowdog pack.

You'll be able to tell that even five days before finishing our Snowdog quest, we hadn't mastered the idea of looking out for little Snowdogs.   It's very sad that Winefride and I didn't get to sit on all of these dogs.  We missed out on the first.

The first dog, was called Albie.  This dog was designed by St Leonard's RC Primary School.

The second dog is Lizzie, who was designed by Academy 360

The third dog is called Ozzy, and was designed by Thorney Close Primary School.  Ozzy was hiding on a balcony upstairs where many people might have missed seeing him.

The fourth dog was called Patch, and was designed by Southwick Community Primary School.

The fifth dog in the pack was Rainbow Dog, and was designed by Vally Road Community Primary School.

The final dog was called Splat, and was designed by Hetton Lyons Primary School.

Snowdog 50 - Aero Dog - Found at Market Square, 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 50

Photographed on 10th November 2016

This dog is called Aero Dog.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, at Market Square, inside The Bridges Shopping Centre, Sunderland.  He also had a plinth outside in the street.  An empty plinth to confuse Snowdog seekers.

The dog was designed by Deven Bhurke.

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 Aero Dog.

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 49 - Day of the Dog - Found at Bridges Shopping 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 49

Photographed on 10th November 2016

This dog is called Day of the Dog.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, at The Bridges Shopping Centre in central Sunderland.

The dog was designed by Sophie Green.

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 Day of the Dog.

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 48 - Winter Lily - Found at Blandford Street, 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 48

Photographed on 10th November 2016

This dog is called Winter Lily.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, on Blandford Street in Sunderland, a place where you may also find many charity shops.

The dog was designed by Sarah-Jane Richards.

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 Winter Lily.

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.

Little Snowdog Pack 14 - Found At The Bridges Shopping 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.

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 14

Photographed on 10th November 2016

This pack lived in The Bridges Shopping Centre in Sunderland.

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 fourteen, the second of five little Snowdog packs living in Sunderland

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 fourteen.  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 fourteenth 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.  Winefride and I are not even sitting on these dogs.  Good grief.  We should have gone back.  My person was silly not to let us sit on all the dogs until after this day.  Silly person!

The first dog, Bark.  This dog was designed by George Washington Primary School.

The second dog in the pack was called Churchill.  He was designed by Blackfell Primary School.

The third dog was Lambton, designed by Lambton Primary School.

The final dog in the pack was Patch, designed by Mill Hill Primary School.

To round off this lovely set of dogs, here's a group shot.

Snowdog 47 - Snowdog Down The Rabbit Hole - Found at Park Lane Metro Station

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 47

Photographed on 10th November 2016

This dog is called Snowdog Down The Rabbit Hole.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, near Park Lane Interchange in Sunderland.

The dog was designed by Heather Penton and was inspired by the links between Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, and Tyne and Wear.

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 Snowdog Down The Rabbit Hole.  If only we had known about the flamingo two weeks earlier!

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 46 - Tails Of The Sea - Found at Keel Square, 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 46

Photographed on 10th November 2016

This dog is called Tails of The Sea.

This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, at Keel Square in Sunderland.

The dog was designed by Joanne Wishart.

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 Tails of The Sea

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.