Unless you’ve had your head in the sand over the past few days, you’ll have noticed dozens of unicorns have appeared across Bristol, mainly in the city centre.
With all different colours and patterns, the sculptures have been installed as part of UnicornFest to raise money for Leukaemia Care charity, and there are more than 50 in the city.
And so with the sun out, we decided to put cap and sunglasses on and see how many we can search out (using the UnicornFest app) in under three hours, starting in St Werburghs.
First stop was IKEA where I found the first unicorn of the day - Lunacorn - and a few unicorn foals painted by schools outside the entrance. I scanned the unicorn’s QR code on the Unicornfest which unlocked a cute animation of a vinyl unicorn doll in a box with Lunacorn’s name.
Next stop was inside the store where I came across the Attic Treasure unicorn before continuing my journey to the Memorial Stadium before completing a few stops on Gloucester Road and surrounding streets.
I then went through the city centre where a large cluster of unicorns live, before heading to Brandon Hill, Anchor Road, Redcliffe Way, Temple Meads and the Trinity Centre.
I met a lot of people from different age ranges, including families with grandparents, children and their parents and solo adventurers searching for unicorns.
Here are the 26 unicorns I discovered along the trail:
9. The Wild Bunch by Natalie Naumann
Broadmead Daisy is sponsored by Broadmead BID and can be found next to The Galleries entrance by Card Factory. "Daisy is suited to Broadmead as before the shops it was a huge meadow called Broadmeadow which was full of flowers and wildlife." | Adriana Amor
10. Broadmead Daisy by Sandra Emmel
Broadmead Daisy is sponsored by Broadmead BID and can be found next to The Galleries entrance by Card Factory. "Daisy is suited to Broadmead as before the shops it was a huge meadow called Broadmeadow which was full of flowers and wildlife." | Adriana Amor
11. Old City, New Potential by Oshii
Old City, New Potential is sponsored by The Galleries and can be found on the ground floor of The Galleries. The design "combines motifs from Bristol's coat of arms with Adinkra symbology from Ghana to acknowledge Bristol's history, celebrate its cultural diversity and provide a sense of optimism and hope for its future." | Adriana Amor
12. (Don't Fear) The Reaper by Ejits
Found on the top floor of The Galleries. "There is mixed feeling around whether graffiti is good for our city and Ejits say don’t fear it, embrace it. The Reaper character represents our creativity running deep and the Bear is our inner weirdo waiting to come out and play." | Adriana Amor