Saturday 25 July 2015

Norwich Go Go Dragons Trail with riverside walk

Well, it's been raining almost non-stop for 24hours. Boy did we need it but it feels a bit gloomy and cool....so here's looking back to last Saturday.

I usually quickly pop into the city centre to pick up our shopping on a Saturday morning (using local independent Shops and market stalls) but as the weather was fine, it was a nice day to take Jan in too, using the wheelchair. With her thyroid problem she can walk short distances but couldn't manage a big walk.

Norwich has an ace Dragon sculpture trail all over the city this summer (over 80 dragons!) in aid of the Break children's charity. They've all been painted by different aritists with different themes. So over the last few weeks when we've been out and about we've been trying to 'get' as many of the dragons as possible!
Our copy of the leaflet is well-thumbed
Each dragon has a letter that goes into a phrase (get all the letters to enter a competition)
 
So, Last Saturday we headed down to the Norwich riverside walk to get the dragons there (I'd actually seen some of them already but Jan hadn't)
Crossing the River Wensum that meanders through the city
Norwich Cathedral (Peregrines have recently fledged from here)

We both particularly like the naturey-themed dragons. This one's on Bishops Bridge (a medieval bridge...we gotta lot of history in Norfolk!

It's painted with lots of our typical Norfolk birdie species
Just along the riverside walk is Cow Tower, part of our medieval city wall
Further on the riverside walk, you can hire canoes now. Might have to give that a go sometime
Our newest footbridge, the Jarrold Bridge
GoGoMosaic dragon at Tombland near the Cathedral....sparkly!
..in the Cathedral Close
Beautifully painted long-tailed tits

Quayside, I love this row of houses.

So there's a taste of our dragon trail and lovely riverside walk! Photos were by Jan on her phone, I have a million more but they're trapped on my camera.

....it's still raining, that's over 24 hours now!

 

 

10 comments:

  1. Lovely pictures! I particularly like the green flowery dragon.

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    1. Thanks Audrey, there are so many amazing dragons, some talented artists around here :)

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  2. The riverside walk looks lovely (reminds me of Bruges!). It's a pity though that the houses don't have hanging baskets full of flowers. The Dragon trail has evidently achieved its aim, getting people out to explore their surroundings and their history.

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    1. Thanks Mark, yes we're lucky with the riverside walk here. The dragon trail has been really popular, loads of people doing it....a couple of our friends went and 'got' 45 of them in one day!

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  3. What a wonderful tour. That's such an ingenious idea - I often find that we don't do enough "sightseeing" in our own area.

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    1. Thanks Margaret, it's been really good fun finding all the dragons, we still have a few more to see. In the past there's been elephant and gorilla trails too but this year is the most sculptures in one go, over 80!

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  4. Lovely, i hope to share the ones from this part of Wales too, when they get back to doing it again - its been on hold for a couple of years as the town (sorry city) is going through serious refurbishment, but what real difference that will make is yet to be seen

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    1. Hi shaheen, sorry I missed this before. Thanks for sharing the link to your previous sculpture trail post on your blog. Ha ha, sometimes we say we're going 'into town' when it's really the city centre. I think it's habit from growing up in a town, and Norwich doesn't have a 'big city' feel. We do have two cathedrals though!

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  5. I love the sparkly dragon! That sounds like a really fun trail!

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    1. Yes SH Susie, it's the trail that keeps giving, there are so many dragons it's entertaining us for weeks!

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