We went on a bear hunt...

This isn't really my normal sort of post, but at the moment London is covered in bears. Paddington bears! There have been a lot of sculpture trails in the past (you name it, there's probably been a sculpture trail of it), but these ones are pretty cute to go and visit a few. We actually came across another couple who were running around visiting all the sculptures within one day, who had already visited 20 when we found our first in Covent Garden at 10.30am! They were hoping to end up at the O2 dome by the end of the day having seen them all.

Covent Garden, Rainbow

The bears are in London from the 4th November to the 30th December, so they're still around for a while to go and visit over Christmas! There's 50 spread across London, a lot of them around Soho and Marylebone, so that's a good place to start if you want to see a lot in one go. There are also London Buses all over the place too, so tying the two together as one big sculpture trail could be a great day out exploring bits of London you might not normally end up in! We were heading towards the British Museum anyway, so a cheerful bear was an extra bonus to find outside.

British Museum, Bear Necessities

After running around the British Museum for a couple of hours, and then back to Covent Garden for lunch, the next place we happened across a Paddington was Regent's Park. I've got another post coming about Regent's Park itself, and its fantastic collection of ornamental waterfowl. This little bear was sitting outside by the Cabinet War Rooms though, providing more interesting stuff to look at outside the park as well as inside it.

Regent's Park, Paddington Jack

After wandering around Regent's Park a little bit, we headed back towards South Bank for the evening to see the Christmas Market via Big Ben. We managed to find another bear by surprise, which I think was my favourite one of the day. He was attracting a lot of interest when we turned up (which I think made him easier to find), but we managed to snap a quick picture when a few people wandered off again.

Westminster, Good News Bear