Bradley Stoke, Stoke Gifford and Little Stoke have been gripped by Gromit Unleashed 3 fever, as everyone explores the region on the hunt for the 53 statues of Wallace, Gromit, Feathers and Norbot that make up this year’s trail.
At Bradley Stoke Voice, we’ve also been caught up in the excitement and we share two pages of your photos inside this month’s issue. On this page is author Jane Duffus, who is on a mission to run around Bristol and collect all of the 53 statues on foot. Guite a goal!
Bristol and the surrounding areas have been lapping up the latest Gromit Unleashed city-wide sculpture trail, which lasts until the end of August.
There are 53 sculptures of the Aardman Animation characters scattered across the region, including several in our patch, and we’ve loved seeing your photos of you out and about finding these colourful folks. All funds raised during the trail go towards the Grand Appeal, which supports the Bristol Children’s Hospital.
Clare Dring took time off from her dog walking business to cosy up to the Fisherman’s Friend on his bench at West Country Water Park.
Here’s five-year-old Anya giving a kiss to Phileas Dogg down by the Harbourside, which was sent in by her grandmother Cheryl Hawes.
Keen bean Dave Liddament managed to find all 53 statues on the very first day of the trail, covering around 175 miles in one day – 15 miles of which he did on foot. Here he is with Beagle 3 at Aerospace BristolPostman Jeremy Furber wasted no time in completing the entire trail within just a week or two, and here he is with the Wallace statue at the Willow Brook Centre
Over at West Country Water Park, Mel Hosford was getting fresh with Fisherman’s Friend Wallace
Bradley Stoke’s very own Mayor Natalie Field made sure that she was wearing her mayoral chain in order to meet the T.E.A.minator at the Willow Brook Centre, such was the importance of the occasion
On National Retail Workers’ Day, our MP Claire Hazelgrove and Police and Crime Commissioner Clare Moody posed with members of the trade union USDAW beside the T.E.A.minator at the Willow Brook Centre
