From Nick Park, the creator of Wallace & Gromit in the award-winning Vengeance Most Foul, Toucan Tango is a master of disguise. He may look tropical, but don’t be fooled, he has a heart of stone…
27. Phileas Dogg
Jules Verne’s dashing adventurer is reimagined with a Bristolian twist! Inspired by ‘Around the World in 80 Days’, Phileas Dogg sets out on an epic journey to circle Bristol in 80 ways – turning every obstacle into an adventure. Can you spot all 80 modes of transport?
18. King of Diamonds
Feathers McGraw looks like he’s jumped straight out of the pages of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. With his playing card exterior, this clever master of disguise can easily blend in with a deck of cards.
50. Wallace Goes to Hollywood
Suited, booted and red carpet ready, Wallace is on his way to a star-studded award ceremony. With his classic knitted tank top swapped out for a dazzlingly dapper waistcoat, he’s certainly got star quality!
11. Emerald
Bristol might be missing a yellow brick road, but that hasn’t stopped the magic of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz hitting our streets. Gromit has stepped into the spotlight, transformed by shimmering mosaics, to take you on a journey filled with wonder and friendship.
31. Ringmaster
Roll up, roll up. Welcome to the Greatest Dog Show on Earth! Ringmaster, with a flair worthy of P.T. Barnum himself, is decked out in a tailcoat and perfectly balanced top hat. Let this show-stopping pup entertain you with all the thrills and spills of the circus!
13. Frostbite
As cold as ice and hiding in plain sight, Feathers has undergone a super cool makeover. Like Hans Christian Anderson’s Snow Queen, Frostbite commands power over his magical frozen landscape, chilling everyone to the core with his icy stare.
19. Love, Actually
“If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love actually is all around.” In partnership with Richard Curtis, the writer and director of the hit film ‘Love Actually’, Gromit is re-imagined as a pup in love. To us, Gromit, you are perfect!
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Over the last few years I have visited France quite a bit.
I first visited France as a child where it was a regular destination for family holidays, day trips and school exchanges. There was then about a ten year gap. I remember doing a ferry trip to Caen in the mid 1990s, and visiting Honfleur.
I then didn’t visit France until September 2018 when I took the train from London to Brest in Brittany, via Paris, for a library conference. It was quite a fleeting visit. I travelled from London on one day and then travelled back the following day. Arriving at Gard de Nord on the way back I realised that I had been to Paris, but in name only. I had a little time before I needed to pass through passport control, so I popped out onto the street. Took a few photographs and admired the street scene.
My next visit to France was a holiday to Brittany in 2019. We also went to France the following year this time staying in Picardy and visiting Paris.
Last year I was in France again on a driving holiday to France, Germany, Luxembourg, and Belgium.
I did a day trip to Calais and Dunkerque earlier this year.
In July I did another holiday to France staying outside Calais in Guines. This is a lovely French town complete with shops, a regular market and some nice historical buildings. It was more of a base for us, but I did explore some of the town when I was there.