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 xx
Well this is interesting. An extra special mystery dog. He wasn't on the official trail. He had no number. We wouldn't have found him had not my person gone into the shop by chance. We had just been visiting little Snowdog packs in Newcastle, including the pack in Eldon Garden and the pack in Fenwicks where Winefride and I got to meet Darth Vader.
Photographed on 12th November 2016
This dog is called Splodge.
We were very fortunate indeed to meet Splodge. It meant that during the trail we saw sixty-one Snowdogs and there were only sixty-one Snowdogs on the trail. We missed number sixty-one because it was impossible to reach using public transport in November. I'll show you pictures of that dog last because it was the last one we saw and was also the highest numbered dog.
Next time I will start to show you the twelve Snowdogs and five little Snowdog packs who all lived in Sunderland. Then I'll show you dog sixty-one. I also want to show you the snowdog merchandise I made my person buy, our trail completion certificates, and the fun we had at the Snowdog farewell event. And then I'll have finished. I'll have to find a brand new obsession or special interest.
This dog lived, for the duration of the Snowdogs festival, inside the little St. Oswald's Hospice shop in Eldon Garden, Newcastle.
Here are our pictures of Splodge.
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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