Dragons Farewell

At the end of September, Norwich lost the dragons but we were given the chance to see them all in one place before they disappeared forever.   Mum came over to Norwich and we spent the day visiting the Forum and wandering around Norwich, having lunch and a spot of retail therapy.   The queue to see the outside dragons was really long so Mum waited on a bench while I queued, but after a while we decided that we didn't need to join the line and that we'd walk up the steps outside the library and look down on them all.

It was thrilling to see them all in one place and such a bonus that the sun was shining on them all, emphasising the brightness of the colour schemes.

Inside the Forum, there were no queues, so we could wander around at our leisure and I saw a lot of the dragons that I'd missed when Mary was up here.  These were ones that were further out of the city or in strange locations on the ring road!

Dolores Dragtabulous, for instance, was in the Holiday Inn at the airport.

Unfortunately, however, the dragons were no longer on plinths so we couldn't find out their names, which was a bit disappointing - I can't cross them off my list!

At the auction a few days after this, Luda raised £20,000 at the auction as I predicted - he was in the top three for highest prices.  He was beaten by Duff who raised £20,500 and GogoMosaic which raised £25,000.

So, a lovely way to say goodbye to the dragons and I'm already thinking of petitioning the organisers, Wild in Art, to get another trail organised soon!