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🐑 And the grand total is in! 🐑
We are delighted to announce that
#ShaunOnTheTyne
has raised a fab-ewe-lous £310,000 for
@stoswaldsuk
! 💛
What a baa-rilliant achievement, made possible by you, our flock of supporters. Thank ewe so much 🙌
Read more 👉
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It’s official- our herd are on the move! Although the trail, in support of
@stoswaldsuk
doesn’t open until Wed, the teams from
@ApplebridgeCL
&
@JRAdams_ltd
are busy getting all Elmers to their new homes. Can you spot the Elmer-mobile? Share your pics using
#GreatNorthElmer
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🥁 Drum roll...
And the final total raised at Elmer's Big Charity Auction is £182,200 for
@stoswaldsuk
children's service.
A HUGE HUGE HUGE thank you to all of our bidders and congratulations to our winners!
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We’ve had many reports of people climbing on the Shaun sculptures. It’s heartbreaking to see them damaged as most people are getting so much enjoyment from them.Please treat these artworks with the respect they deserve and let them do they job they were created to do. Thank you.
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Have you 'herd' the latest news? Elmer's Great North Parade is coming to town! For those of you who fell in love with our Snowdogs back in 2016, August 2019 brings a new art trail, with the much loved elephant, Elmer.
#greatnorthelmer
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What a fabulous day launching our trail in Newcastle! The weather might have been a bit sheepish but the atmosphere was baa-rilliant as sponsors, children and media gathered to unveil the final sculpture at Newcastle Civic Centre, declaring the trail open!
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💜She’s back!💜 Thanks to the superstars from
@ApplebridgeCL
for helping get Purple Reign back on the trail where she belongs. She’s had a lovely day at
@nclcathedral
but she’s returned to her trail location & looks forward to meeting you all.
Please remember to
#ProtectTheFlock
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🥁 Drum roll… 🥁
And the final total raised at the
#ShaunOnTheTyne
Grand Finale Auction is £195,400 for
@stoswaldsuk
💛
A HUGE thank you to all of our bidders and congratulations to our winners! 🐑🙌
@wildinart
|
@shaunthesheep
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@aardman
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And they’re off! 🐑🚚 Let us know if you spot our flock on the move. Thanks to the teams from
@ApplebridgeCL
@JRAdams_ltd
@Precision
Construction &
@Quicksilvermove
for helping
#ShaunontheTyne
install come together. Just 3 sleeps to go...
@wildinart
@shaunthesheep
@stoswaldsuk
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And the full time whistle goes! Wor Shaun has brought home the result we were hoping for! ⚫⚪⚫⚪
Sculpture: Wor Shaun
Artist:
@worflags
Sponsor:
@NUFC
@stoswaldsuk
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@wildinart
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@shaunthesheep
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@aardman
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#ShaunOnTheTyne
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Drum roll please... our app & map are available to download now! Visit to get all the info you need to start your Elmer adventure from tomorrow! All proceeds from sales of the app & map donations will support the work of
@stoswaldsuk
.
#GreatNorthElmer
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Ever wondered how you’d move 45 giant sheep across a city, attached to large concrete plinths? We’ll wonder no more!
Here’s
@ApplebridgeCL
,
@MPPlantTraining
&
@JRAdams_ltd
in action, carefully manoeuvring our flock through Newcastle. All in a days work for the dream team! 🐑🚚🙌🏻
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It's the big day, where we officially launch Shaun the Sheep on the Tyne in aid of
@stoswaldsuk
🐑
Here's to a baa-rilliant 10 weeks of quality time, adventure and the best summer ever - thanks for being part of it! 💛
@wildinart
|
@shaunthesheep
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@aardman
|
#ShaunOnTheTyne
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** FLOCK UPDATE ** We are pleased to announce that the lovely
@EMG_Shaun
is back home on Grey Street, Newcastle. Please be gentle with him. No climbing or swinging on ears please. We want them to remain outdoors for all to enjoy & raise funds for
@stoswaldsuk
. Thank you. 💙
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Kathy is a fab-ewe-lous volunteer at
@stoswaldsuk
and has made over 100 fluffy
@shaunthesheep
's and has been selling them on our behalf. Kathy has raised over £400 for St Oswald's Hospice! 🧶🐑
Thank you Kathy 💛
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Wow!
@discodog_GNSD
has sold for a huge £9,200! And his new owner plans to put him in her kitchen!
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Team Elmer want to say THANK YOU to our sponsors, supporters, volunteers, artists, schools, everyone who downloaded our app, bought merch & came to events. A super-sized shout out to bidders who gave an Elmer a forever home. We'll miss our herd - please look after them for us.❤️
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It's the big day, where we officially launch
#ElmerGreatNorthParade
in aid of
@stoswaldsuk
. Check back later, where we'll bring you all the action from the launch event and day 1 of the trail. Here's to an ele-fantastic 11 weeks - thanks for being part of it!
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Trumpets at the ready... It's the final countdown! 🐘🎺
The trail opens on 21st August, when 50 big and 114 little Elmer sculptures will take to the streets, parks and coastlines of Tyne and Wear for 11 weeks of fun, fresh air and family time.
#GreatNorthElmer
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Aaaand that a wrap! After 72 days of searching for 164 Elmers across 5 local authorities, over 18.5k sculptures unlocked & thousands of pounds raised for
@stoswaldsuk
so far, the trail has officially finished.
Thank you for being part of
#greatnorthelmer
& making a difference.
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We're into our final countdown – just 1 week until Elmer & his herd take over Tyne & Wear for the much awaited Parade in support of
@stoswaldsuk
! Our 50 big & 114 little Elmer's are all ready to meet you when the trail officially opens on Wed 21st August. See you there!
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We popped into
@QuorumHub
today 2 check on our little
#greatnorthsnowdogs
& were confronted with this colourful pack
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Please remember, Snowdogs love to be stroked but not sat on. Help us to protect our pack and keep them safe on the trail for all to enjoy.
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Quick pupdate from our auction. Over £170k raised so far, thank you so much to our marvellous bidders! And 18 lots still to go.
#pawsome
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Thanks
@JRAdams_ltd
for safely transporting our
#GreatNorthSnowdogs
to their locations throughout the night
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Artist: Joanne Wishart
Wow… What a start!
Missed out on Elephish? Cheer up… There are plenty more fish in the sea (more elephant’s to bid on).
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And the star of our 2023 art trail is…
@shaunthesheep
! 🐑
#ShaunOnTheTyne
will take over Newcastle next summer for
@stoswaldsuk
's latest art trail in partnership with
@wildinArt
and
@aardman
.
Want to join our flock? Visit to find out more.
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A truck arrived at
@Quorum_Park
Park this week carrying a very special cargo!
The
@stoswaldsuk
team were on hand to welcome a flock of almost 70 little Shauns who will be painted by children taking part in our Shaun on the Tyne Learning Programme sponsored by
@NorthumbrianH2O
.
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Elmer's Farewell Weekend kicks off tmrrw at
@NewcastleRaces
hosted by
@metroradiouk
. If you haven't already booked, you're welcome to come along & see the herd one last time, 10am-4pm Sat & 11am-4pm Sun (relaxed session 10-11am Sun). Visit for more info.
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Help us to spread the word and
#ProtectTheHerd
for
@stoswaldsuk
please, don’t sit on our elmers! Thank you.
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FLOCK UPDATE: Due to serious and deliberate damage, Dolly Baa-ton has been removed from the trail. She will not be available to view over the weekend, we will assess the damage on Monday & provide a further update. Thanks to those who continue to help us
#ProtectTheFlock
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Never seen a sheep being taken for walkies? Well today is your lucky day!
Thanks our very handy facilities team, our first member of the flock now has his very own stylish set of wheels!
PS: Keep your eyes on our social pages next week for an exciting announcement… 🎨🖌😉
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We are very excited to have been nominated for Best Arts and Business Partnership in The Journal Culture Awards 2017! Woof!
@TheJournalNews
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Fab news everyone! All of our
#Snowdogs
are back on the
#GreatNorthSnowdogs
trail!
#GoodNewsThursday
#ProtectOurPack
Woof, woof!
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Our
#GreatNorthElmer
’s looked beautiful at sunrise this morning. They’re patiently waiting to be transported to their locations, by the team from
@ApplebridgeCL
. Keep and eye out and you might just spot an elephant or two on the move! 🐘
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*** TRAIL UPDATE ***
We currently have 3 Shauns off the trail due to vandalism. Ram-bler, Dolly Baa-ton & Perfect Day have all sustained damage & been taken in for repairs. Their plinths and signage are still in place, so you can still collect their app codes
#ProtecttheFlock
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And we can now proudly unveil...
#DiscoWilbur
and his as yet unnamed but very beautiful rose gold friend.
#welcometotheherd
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Little Shaun & Big Shaun are very excited to be guests at
@stoswaldsuk
Sports Dinner tonight! They’re looking forward to meeting guest speaker Gareth Southgate & Hospice Ambassador &
@NUFC
Assistant Head Coach, Graeme Jones. They even dressed in black & white for the occasion!
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Welcome to Treehorn Offshore, our latest trail sculpture sponsor! Company Director Ed George said: “Treehorn Offshore are proud to support the crucial work done by
@stoswaldsuk
.”We look forward to working with Ed’s team and are proud to welcome them to the flock. 💙🐑
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Baar-Neigh is back outside the Tyne Theatre where we hope he will be enjoyed by trail-goers for the next 9 weeks. Please look out for our flock & let us know if you spot damage. Our sculptures are covered by cctv & any vandalism will be reported to the police.
#ProtecttheFlock
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Pawsome news all, more official
#GreatNorthSnowdogs
souvenirs have arrived! Get yours now.
#WoofWoofWednesday
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A big welcome to new Shaun the Sheep on the Tyne sponsors
@BazaarGroup
!
The company has supported
@stoswaldsuk
Hospice but this is the first time they have been part of one of our art tails. We can’t wait to see which Shaun Bazaar will sponsor
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Hurrah-
@aero_snowdog
is back on the trail after his trip to the vets! Check him out at Market Square in Sunderland.
#ProtectOurPack
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The Shaun on the Tyne team recently welcomed prospective artists to meet Shaun himself!
It was a great afternoon where both new and previous artists were able to connect, share tips and insights and get a feel for how their designs may be applied to this ewe-nique canvas. 🎨🐑
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Oh what a night! 🐑🤩
At yesterday’s
#ShaunOnTheTyne
Grand Finale Auction, a baa-rilliant £195,400 was raised for
@stoswaldsuk
! 💛
Don’t worry if ewe couldn’t make it, we’ve rounded up the evening for you, along with some photos of the night 👉
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Our final Elmers are in place ahead of today’s launch and we can’t thank the team from
@ApplebridgeCL
enough. Their hard work and positivity was greatly appreciated- we couldn’t have done it with our them. Thanks from everyone at
@stoswaldsuk
- you are elefantastic herd heroes!
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THANK YOU to our amazing bidders and supporters - we raised a
#pawsome
£259,200 at our
#GreatNorthSnowdogs
auction!
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We are proud to work with a range of organisations who promote inclusivity & diversity. Patchwork Elmer took part in
@northernprideuk
parade, Patchwork Penny is attending this weekend's Newcastle Mela & herd member
@raphaelelephant
has been sponsored by
@worldtransportgames
!
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Calling all
#NorthEast
businesses - we can now confirm our potential art trail locations for
#GreatNorthElmer
!
They'll be first come, first served, so make sure you’re quick to claim your sculpture spot by becoming a
#sponsor
today:
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They say the kitchen is the heart of the home and for one lady, hers has become extra special, thanks to a new flock member. 🐑
The Baallerina by Emma Everitt, was bought by Tish Ward, who renamed her Pink Peggy and has displayed her in her kitchen at her North Tyneside home. 🩰
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Meet Helen, one of
@stoswaldsuk
’s volunteers! Helen has been tying tags to our hand-knitted
#shaunthesheep
made by creative people from across our community to sell at our pop up shop at Shaun HQ at Newcastle Civic Centre which opens next Wednesday. Will you be popping in?
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Our Little Shaun was in Gosforth today helping
@stoswaldsuk
fundraisers Emily & Bethany raise awareness of exciting upcoming events the charity has planned. They popped in to see friends at
@Cundall_Global
& Shaun stopped for a bite to eat. It’s hungry work being so in demand!
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There’s nothing unusual about spotting lambs in Northumberland at this time of year. But visitors to
@AlnwickGarden
might have been surprised to see a special guest enjoying the famous cherry blossom tree displays. 🌸🐑🌸
Read more:
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Thanks for supporting our
#SaveOurSnowdog
campaign & to the kind people in the room who helped us bring
@wild_snowdog
home for our Children.
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It’s official, we have our first trail finishers! Congratulations to Jackie & Neville from Preston. Jackie said:
“I am a big Shaun fan so was excited to hear about the trail. We did it in two days and it was fabulous to visit so many different parts of the city.”
#shaunonthetyne
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Shaun had a baa-rilliant time at the
@NE1BID
Visit hosted by
@apartmentgroup1
at ChaChaBuchi in Newcastle city centre.
Our trail lead, Libby spoke about exciting plans & sponsorship opportunities available for Shaun the Sheep on the Tyne. Find out more:
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Thank you to everyone who came to our Farewell Weekend. Next stop for our
#GreatNorthSnowdogs
is the auction. We'll keep you all updated!
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We're sup-pawting our be-woof-iful pals in
#Sunderland
today as they eagerly anticipate the results of their
@DCMS
#CityofCulture2021
bid. We're keeping all of our fingers and our paws crossed for you!
#Sunderland2021
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Our WONDERFUL bidders have crowdfunded to bring Hakuna Ma Elephant back to
@stoswaldsuk
Children's Hospice. THANK YOU.
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We're saddened as some of our
#GreatNorthSnowdogs
are now hurt.😢 Please do not sit on them
#protectthepack
PRT
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** Happy news alert! **Dolly Baa-ton has returned from the beautician & will return to the trail later this week. Special thanks to little India-Mae, who was so sad to hear that Dolly had been injured, that she made her a get well soon card 💙🐑
#ProtecttheFlock
#ShaunOnTheTyne
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Did you know that each week of the trail has a theme, to connect the trail to
@stoswaldsuk
& celebrate all the things that make the hospice & the North East so ele-fantastic. This week’s theme is Inclusivity and Diversity. Find out more at: .
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** FLOCK UPDATE ** We received reports overnight of more serious damage to one of our charity art sculptures. Baar-Neigh has been removed from the trail. Thank you to those who continue to treat the sculptures with respect and enjoy them in the way we intended.
#ProtectTheFlock
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Our
#ShaunOnTheTyne
App and Map are now available! 📱🗺️
Get trail ready by visiting to get all the info you need to plan your adventure from tomorrow. 🐏
All proceeds from sales of the app & donations for the map will support the work of
@stoswaldsuk
💛
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Baaa-way the lads! ⚫️⚪️🐑⚽️
The
@NUFC
players enjoyed meeting our big and little Shaun the Sheep at the
@stoswaldsuk
Sports Dinner on Thursday. Dan Burn even gave little Shaun a cuddle! Find out more:
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This week our Shauns have visited
@CloseHouseGolf
@thompsonsofp
,
@BeanBagBazaar
&
@ApplebridgeCL
& introduced our artists to their muses at
@Quorum_Park
.
Shaun is at a Coronation Party at
@stoswaldsuk
this weekend. We hope that whatever your plans, you have a baa-rilliant time!👑
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Ever wondered how our fab-EWE-lous artists create their masterpieces? 👀
Ewe-reka artist, Loïs Cordelia, has been part of many art trails before and is known as a ‘speed painter.’
📹 Watch this video where Loïs brings Ewe-reka to life:
#ShaunOnTheTyne
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Grab your own mini
#GreatNorthSnowdog
with our fab range of official merchandise available now!
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The
#ShaunontheTyne
team got their sea legs ready for a trip to Port of Tyne to welcome a new sponsor to our flock.
@FredOlsenCruise
are the latest company to come ‘on board’ & as we sail closer to the trail going live, we took Shaun along to meet the crew
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Who do we have here? Elmer is very excited to introduce you to some of his friends, but when and where will they be? All will be revealed tomorrow...
#NorthEastEvents
#elefantastic
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Not content with just providing the baa-rilliant branded Shaun-Mobile electric van which helped us transport our flock around the region,
@belltruckandvan
went one better by securing their very own
@shaunthesheep
at auction and showing even more support to
@stoswaldsuk
. 💛🐑
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Faye, 7 was upset to see damage caused to the flock & wanted to do something to help so held a bake sale raising £65 for
@stoswaldsuk
. Thank you Faye & the other lovely people from across our community who have made donations to the hospice. your support means to world to us 💙
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Our fab-ewe-lous Dolly Baa-ton, painted by the talented Bethan Laker is back! 🐑
For the remainder of the trail, Dolly Baa-ton has been permanently moved to inside of
@NewcastleBetter
(East End Pool) where she will be cared for and protected by the staff at the leisure centre.
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We’re excited that our trail map is almost ready, thanks to our creative friends at Newcastle-based marketing agency
@DiffNarrative
. We can’t wait to share it with you soon. Read more & discover where you can pick yours up in support of
@stoswaldsuk
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Can't wait to see our Elmer sculptures across the region this summer?
While our art curators are busy short-listing artists,
@EmilyWardArt
has been working on her design. Here’s a sneak peek!
Emily's design will be available in miniature throughout the trail.
#GreatNorthElmer
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And we are off! Starting our journey across
#tyneandwear
using
@My_Metro
to launch our
#greatnorthsnowdogs
trail!
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Happy
#NorthernPride
to everyone celebrating this weekend! 💛🏳️🌈
Why not stop to say hello to Rainbow Shaun outside Newcastle City Library 👋
Are you going to
@northernprideuk
this weekend? Pop along to our
@stoswaldsuk
stall in the Rainbow Village at the Newcastle Town Moor 💙
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Elmer's Farewell Weekend tickets are now ON SALE! 🐘👋
Say goodbye to
@stoswaldsuk
's
#ElmersGreatNorthParade
herd at a special weekend of celebration
@NewcastleRaces
.
Avoid the stampede by booking your tickets online:
Save 10% with code EARLYBIRD10
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Our beautiful
@RocketSnowdog
is back on the trail, getting settled in to his home at Newcastle
#CentralStation
. Pop by and say hi!
Look who's back in Central Station! Tweet us your photos with Rocket
#RocketsBack
#GreatNorthSnowdogs
@great_snowdogs
@Virgin_TrainsEC
🚀🐶
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Come to Newcastle Town Moor parkrun this weekend & meet Shaun the sheep & the
@stoswaldsuk
team! He’ll cheer on the runners at the start line on the Town Moor at 9am Sat & Sun & join everyone for a post run cuppa at
@urbangreenncl
Cafe in Newcastle’s Exhibition Park until 11am.
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SOLD! The beautiful Arthur by Jeff Rowland has sold for £5,200. congratulations to his new owner, take good care of him for us.
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We'd like to say a great BIG thank you to all of the artists, designers and creative Elmer enthusiasts who submitted a design to Elmer’s Great North Parade in support of
@stoswaldsuk
.
Best of luck and we can't wait to announce our selected designs!
#GreatNorthElmer
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Our Elmer has paid a visit to
@WaterstonesNewc
to celebrate
#ElmerDay
. Catch him all weekend in the children’s section. Join the herd and find out more about
@greatnorthelmer
, coming to Tyne &Wear next year in aid of
@stoswaldsuk
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They did it! Team
#trotaroundtheflock
covered a marathon distance on foot visiting all 45 big Shauns today!
They also raised over £700 so far for St Oswald's Hospice and have been crowned Trail Champions 🏅
Thank you, you are all baa-rillaint!
@245bored
@BishopNewcastle
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What are your plans for the weekend?
We suspect some of our
#ShaunontheTyne
artists will be busy with their paintbrushes, as the flock begin to arrive at artist homes and studios across the country! We hope the cheeky Shauns behave themselves 🙈🎨🐑
@shaunthesheep
@wildinart
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An elephant never forgets. At 11am we will be observing a two minute silence at Elmer's Farewell Weekend for Remembrance Sunday.
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One of our little snowdogs got to meet The Snowman today. Thank you so much
@LicensePenguin
for helping to make it happen!
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Little Shaun went back to his roots today when he visited a farm & made a cute new friend Danny the pony! It’s not long until Shaun & his flock will be on the
#ShaunontheTyne
trail in Newcastle making lots of new friends & special memories. We can’t wait for you to get aquainted!
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Our Elmer souvenir guides have stampeded into town & are soon to hit the shelves in our 25
@stoswaldsuk
shops!
A perfect memento for all Elmer fans to have a keep sake of your time taking part in Elmer's Great North Parade. Buy yours today:
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Artist: Jeff Rowland
An incredibly special total for an incredibly special Elmer.
We miss you Jeff.
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Art is Mischief proves that it is ok to be a little bit naughty! 🖼️🐑
Sculpture: Art is Mischief
Artist: Anonymous
Sponsor:
@hnck_gallery
@stoswaldsuk
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@wildinart
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@shaunthesheep
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@aardman
|
#ShaunOnTheTyne
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Our
#GreatNorthElmer
artists are busy getting their works of art ready to meet their public. With over 60% of artists from the North East, the painting space has been a hive of activity and we couldn't help taking a few sneak peek pics to share with you.
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We are out and about again this evening, installing Elmers in
#Newcastle
with the fab teams from
@ApplebridgeCL
and MP Plant Training. They even brought mascot Baxter along for the ride. Who knew that dogs and elephants could be best friends?
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1/2 The beautiful Baar-Neigh has been temporarily removed from the trail due to vandalism. Don’t worry, he’s going to be ok thanks to kind people who quickly reported it. He’s with us at Shaun HQ at Newcastle Civic Centre today if you want to visit & get his app code too…
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