"Walking with the Snowman" is a trail featuring twelve life-sized snowman sculptures from Raymond Briggs' illustrated book "The Snowman". The snowman sculptures have been placed between London Bridge and Tower Bridge in London on the south bank where a Christmas market and street food has also been set up along the route. (Apparently, this part of London is now called London Bridge City.) Each of the twelve sculptures is designed based on the Christmas song "The Twelve Days of Christmas". The art trail has been set up between Wild in Art and Penguin Ventures. Often, these sculptures are auctioned off at the end of the trail to raise money for charity.
Eleven Pipers Piping - Jess Loveday
I enjoyed seeing the sculptures, which were all easy to locate and could be completed in a short amount of time. I saw others also looking for the snowmen as well as other people who did not know about them and happened to stumble upon them. With the Christmas market and street food, I found this part of London to be busy on a Sunday late afternoon a little over a week before Christmas.
Twelve Drummers Drumming - Jessican Perrin
Ten Lords a-Leaping - Hammo
Eight Maids a-Milking - Donna Newman
Six Geese a-Laying - Matilda Elizabeth; Nine Ladies Dancing - Lizzie Rose Chapman
Seven Swans a-Swimming - Laura-Kate Chapman
Four Calling Birds - Jenny Leonard
Five Gold Rings - Adam Pekr; Three French Hens - LeiMai Lemaow
A Partridge in a Pear Tree - Jodie Silverman; Two Turle Doves - Megan Heather Evans
The "Walking with the Snowman" sculpture trail is located between London Bridge and Tower Bridge (south Bank) until the 5th of January, and it is a fun day out.
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