Clifton Suspension Bridge #366photos2020
Shaun the Sheep (and friends)
One of the things we missed this year (not that it happens every year) was doing a statue trail.
Back in 2015 we did the Shaun in the City trail across Bristol, the wider area and finished off seeing them all at Covent Garden. We managed to see 62 out of the 70.
In 2018 we did the Gromit Unleashed 2 trail which as well as Shaun the Sheep and Gromit, also had Wallace getting in on the act as well. This time we did manage to capture all 67 sculptures.
So it was quite nice on a visit to the Mall at Cribbs Causeway to see a few sculptures in the Gromit Unleased shop.
There was the vanilla Shaun the Sheep.
There were a few Chinese inspired sculptures as well, including Kansashi
Then we had Year of the Gromit.
Also Shanghai Shaun.
I quite enjoyed seeing Caractacus Paws again, which was one of my favourite Gromit from the Gromit Unleashed 2, though Bristol’s Own was probably my actual top sculpture.
The other Gromit there as The Sea of Hope.
Though not a Gromit or a Shaun, I did quite enjoy seeing the huge Morph as well.
Lord Nelson #366photos2020
Bristol #366photos2020
Rivergate Bristol #366photos2020
Construction #366photos2020
There is a lot of construction happening in the centre of Bristol these days. Lots of new office blocks and apartments.
The Office #366photos2020
Stuff: Top Ten Blog Posts 2019
Over the last twelve months I have posted 68 blog posts to the blog. This is less than in 2018 when I published 89 posts. However most of the 89 posts in 2018 were from the Gromit Unleashed 2 trail across Bristol. I did post 24 televisual advent calendar posts in 2019 so this boosted the total.
Most of the top ten posts are nostalgic posts about Bristol in the 1990s…
There are in reverse order starting off with the tenth most popular post on the blog.
https://jamesclay.net/bristol-harbourside-in-the-1990s
https://jamesclay.net/bristol-harbourside-in-the-1990s-2
The Trial of Christine Keeler in Bristol
If you are watching The Trial of Christine Keeler you may recognise some scenes which were shot on Broad Street in Bristol. This is a screen grab of tonight’s broadcast.
You can see three old cars and this is the view down towards the Church of St John the Baptist on Christmas Street.
Here is another screen grab of Broad Street at night.
As it happens back in January 2019 I was walking around the area on my lunch break so I took a few photographs of the filming.
I was impressed with the number of 1960s cars they had used to dress the street.
