London Bus Sculpture Trail V

The fifth bus I found is on Charing Cross Road just as it meets Trafalgar Square. This is London Skyline Bus by Kristjana S Williams, who also did Gull Graeni Straeto which I photographed earlier. It is decorated with images of London landmarks.

London Bus Sculpture Trail IV

Back on the bus trail and this is Busby. Also outside the London Transport Museum. Busby is also known as 'Queen's Conductor', I presume a play on bus conductor and the guardsman's uniform the bus is wearing. This one is by Oliver Dean an illustrator and artist from Essex, he has another bus on the trail. As this bus is wearing a bearskin hat (not real bearskin I hope) it was a bit warmer to sit on on a winters day than the others with metal roofs (or rooves if you're from parts of the country that use that).

I like this bus. It has the chin strap coming down and the markings from the uniform of one the guards regiments uniforms. On the side is the rose shoulder badge and at the front are the garter stars from the collar badge, though I thought they were eye's at first. It's the Coldstream Guards uniform, but it doesn't have the red plume in its bearskin.

Paddington Trail London III

The third Paddington I met. This one goes by the name of Paddington Jack, explains the coat. It does make him look very patriotic - for a Peruvian bear. It was designed by Davina McCall the television presenter. Paddington Jack is on Horse Guards Parade outside the Churchill War Rooms, which used to be The Cabinet War Rooms but I suppose tourists tend to recognise 'Churchill' more than 'Cabinet'. Unless they are furniture sellers, but they would be in for some disappointment if they visited thinking it would be about their work. Behind me (and Paddington) in the photograph are Clive Steps with a statue of Clive of India. You can also see part of The Foreign and Commonwealth Office building which was originally built as the India Office in the 1860's.

Paddington Trail London II

Another Paddington who wanted his photograph with me. This one is Little Bear Blue designed by Intel, the technology company. His colour is 'Intel Blue' and has 100 LED lights, you can see some in the photograph. Little Bear Blue is outside Framestore in Soho. Framestore is the CGI company involved in the new Paddington film.