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.
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