Gloucester is the host city of the 2015 Rugby World Cup and for the next three months, home of the Scrumpty Trail (a play on the words “Rugby Scrum” and “Humpty Dumpty”). The Scrumpty Trail is a sculpture trail organised by Marketing Gloucester and sponsored by Andy Cars. It consists of 20 life-size “Scrumpty” sculptures which have each been sponsored by local businesses and dotted around the city. A map can be picked up in the City Centre at the Tourist Information Centre or downloaded from The Scrumpty Trail website.
I’m a big fan of art sculpture trails. I completed the Gromit Unleashed trail in Bristol in 2013 (80 Gromits) and the Shaun in the City London trail (50 Shauns) earlier this year; with plans to complete Shaun’s Bristol trail too (70 Shauns). Naturally when I found out yesterday that there was a brand new art sculpture trail on my doorstep, I grabbed my husband and the twins and we set off straight away.
1. Cracked
2. Freeeeze A Jolly Good Fellow
3. The Tailor
4. Eggburt Trumpty
5. Chick-in-Scrumpty
6. Monkty
7. Colour the World (sadly he was missing)
8. The Viking
9. Puzzlewood
10. Steampunkty
11. Old Bragg
12. Ahoy There Scrumpty!
13. Citizen Scrumpty
14. Nerva
15. Folky
16. Oops-A-Daisy
17. Hard Boiled
18. The Rocketeer
19. Scrumpy Scrumpty
20. Galaxy Travels
Due to the fact we know Gloucester very well, we managed to complete the trail and find all 20 Scrumpty sculptures in just an hour and a half. That was walking slowly, with stops for drinks and ice cream too. For anyone who doesn’t know the City, I’d recommend allowing at least two hours to do the trail. However, if you wanted to take in some sights, you could quite easily make a day of it. A wander around Gloucester Cathedral, Blackfriars, the historic docks, the city centre or Gloucester Quays shopping centre can all be done without leaving the trail. There are a number of museums on the trail, including The Soldiers of Gloucester Museum, which is one of the Scrumpty sponsors. There’s also a whole host of cafes, tearooms, bars and pubs on the trail too, including a fabulous little café and takeaway (which we’ve previously reviewed) called On Toast.
The trail is on until October and I highly recommend it for a fun family activity to do over the summer or on a weekend.
It looks fab! I think we might give it a go (after we’ve found a few more Shauns!).
This looks like a fab thing to do with the kiddies!!!
Also great as its free and there’s really not a lot of free things to do with the children. I think older children may actually enjoy this as its grabs their attention along with all the bright colours of the eggs!!!
Thanks may try this one afternoon x
Looks like lots of fun!.
Great pics 🙂
This definitely looks right up our street! I love the play on words for Scrumpty Trail! It looks like such a fun day out and great way to explore Gloucester. Reminds me of the Paddington Trail here in London. Love the photos of the girls – they are adorable! Thanks so much for linking up to #MondayEscapes