Bus Art In London

London loves an art trail and to celebrate the vital role that London buses play in moving people around London, artists have decorated close to 50 bus sculptures that are on display in various locations around London.
The buses will be auctioned off at a later date and the proceeds from the sale donated to charity.

"360 Panorama of London"

"Cath Kidson" 

"Poppy Fields"

"London Skyline bus"

"Rock and Royal'

"Punk'ed"

Paddington Bear Trail in London

To celebrate the launch of the movie "Paddington Bear" and to raise money for charity, decorated Paddington Bear sculptures are on display throughout London till the end of December. Over 50 bears are on display and can be found by a map or an app on your smartphone.
The traditional Paddington designed by the author of Paddington Bear - Michael Bond can be found on platform 8 at Paddington Railway station .
The bears will be auctioned off and the money and online donations will support child abuse.

Paddington on platform 8 at Paddington Station

Threadbear Paddington

Taste of Peru Paddington

Sparkles Paddington

The Journey of Marmalade Paddington

Stripes Paddington

Fluttery Paddington

Golden Paws by David Beckam

Paddington Jack

Good News Bear

Paddington is Great by Stephen Fry

Bear of London by Boris Johnson

Paddington the Explorer

W2 1RH Paddington

Bear Humbug

Bearer of Gifts

Parka Paddington

Paddington Lloyd Webber by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber

Rainbow Paddington

Special Delivery Paddington

Paws

Wonders of the World Paddington

Blush Paddington by Nicole Kidman

Bear In the Wood

Paddingtonscape

Precious Paddington

Paws Engage Paddington

The Mayor of Paddington

Bath and Stonehenge

We had an enjoyable day trip from our holiday in central London to the city of Bath and latter that afternoon took a bus from Bath to Stonehenge.
Although Bath is very popular with tourists it still retains its charm of wonderful Bath stone houses and village type atmosphere. Bath has a lively theatre and arts scene and throughout the town were buskers. The Roman Baths have been restored and showcase an informative step back into Roman times.
Stonehenge is an hour out of Bath by bus through the English country side which offered glimpses of images of horses that have been created into the chalk hills. We also got to see some thatched cottages along the way.
Approaching Stonehenge, I first thought that it was rather small looking. But after walking around the rope barrier to prevent people from touching Stonehenge it was certainly impressive. I had read criticism of the fact that tourists have to walk around a rope barrier and cannot get close to to the stones. This rope barrier works to most tourists advantage as you can obtain photos without countless people in them.

The Roman Baths

The Roman Baths

Bath Abbey

Detail on the Abbey

Royal Crescent

The Circus

One of the many side streets in Bath

Bridge over the River Avon

Stonehenge

Stonehenge

Stonehenge

Stonehenge

Stonehenge

Stonehenge

Stonehenge

Fabergé Big Egg Hunt

Throughout our travels we have seen decorated Elephants in Singapore, decorated Cows in Italy, decorated Bears in Kuala Lumpur and in London this month there are over 200 eggs decorated by designers, artists and sculptors scatted around central London.
The eggs are hidden around London and the aim is to join in the Fabergé Big Egg Hunt and locate the 200 eggs for a chance to win a Fabergé Gold Egg made from 18 carat gold weighing over 500 gms.
The  Fabergé Big Egg Hunt is raising money for two charities by asking for donations and also to bid on the eggs after Easter for a chance to own one.
Walking around London it was interesting stumbling upon the eggs as some were up high or in shop windows.
Here are some of the eggs we spotted.