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Just got back from a lovely weekend in Leeds. Mr B and I ten years married so we returned to the scene of the crime. And one of the amusements we undertook was the Leeds owl trail.
The symbol for the city is an owl and thus a lot of the buildings especially the old ones have an owl incorporated somewhere on or in the building. There are 25 to spot. You get a map from Tourist Info and off you go. It's a hoot - had to get that in.
What a great way of looking up and at buildings. We so often just have our eyes at shop window level and never really look at our architecture. It really did appeal to my collector's spirit. All sorts of owls - stone, gold, wood, stained glass, iron. Owls everywhere once you started looking.
I commend Leeds tourist bods for coming up with this free, family fun idea. I got so enthusiastic I was a little disappointed that I didn't actually see a real owl flying around.
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Have come home now with a bee in my bonnet and want to find the bees of Manchester (one of the symbols on its coat of arms). It would seem the play on words for symbols on coats of arms is never-ending!