Tuesday, 7 August 2018

Norwich GoGo Hares Trail

My walking friend Joyce said, "I've got a great idea for a walk this Tuesday". It turned out to be a walk around the Norwich GoGoHares City Trail.

"On the 24th June 50 hares will be placed in Norwich and a further 18 will be located around Norfolk. These hares form the city and county trails, each with it's own unique prize.
You can follow the trail using our map which is available during that week from the tourist information in Norwich and various tourist spots around the county. You can also download it from our website, or check the locations on our hares page -which will open the same week as we go live.
This year we will also have an App which can be downloaded by searching gogohares on your normal app store. The cost of this will be £1.99 and Break will benefit by £1 of the sale.
The leverets or baby hares will follow on 2nd July - 2nd September and will also feature on the map, the app and will have a souvenir poster from intu Chapelfield.
The main hares will leave our streets on 8th September, before they all appear in the city centre on 7th October ready for 4 days of an event - Hare Today Gone Tomorrow!
50 of the hares will go to auction on 11th October in the Forum, which will be a ticketed event."

As you can see from the Trail map they are well scattered around the City.


We met outside Jarrolds then headed out towards the north-west corner before heading clockwise round the outside before finishing by mopping up the remainder in the City centre.

This was the majority of the route... up until my phone lost its charge and switched itself off.



The hares were all good, but some were particularly intricate. Here are a couple of my favourites.

No. 1 - Holly Hare. The competition-winning design by schoolgirl Holly McKenna, it features pictures of herself drawing in various locations, and even in a hot air balloon.

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No. 16 - Haremione. One for Harry Potter fans!

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No 15 - Hare Rae Buster. The depiction of the seasons is very effective and colorful.

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Here is my album of photos of all 50 and some of the leverets we saw along the way. Thanks, Joyce, for leading us round the collection - it was a great day out!

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