by clarionbear | Nov 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Speech by Clarion the Bear (& Bamber Hawes) HelloI am Clarion the Bear. Or perhaps, I am not.Perhaps I am a metaphor,A Symbol,A poster boy for climate change. I have been carried, or pulled on a small trolley by my creator, Bamber Hawes, from his home of...
by clarionbear | Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Day 23 – Arriving in Glasgow and COP 26 We made it. My crazy idea of getting a 10ft lightweight sculpture of a polar bear to Glasgow has been achieved. Today we did the final 6 miles from Busby (on the outskirts of the city) to George Square (the equivalent of...
by clarionbear | Oct 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
Day 22 – Rest Day On the spreadsheet for today it says ‘Day off – Bear care and Bamber care,’ Last evening I had a long session after walking, patching up Clarion to make sure he was okay and looking his best. Today, I had a day in Glasgow, wandering...
by clarionbear | Oct 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Day 21 – Strathaven to Busby I have walked over 320 miles in 21 days. I personally do not believe in a judgemental God, but if I did I would now be well and truly shriven. Clarion is now having a day off in Busby (a suburb of Glasgow) and will be carried the last 6...
by clarionbear | Oct 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Day 20– Douglas to Strathaven I started the day with dry clothing, boots and kit. Not for long though. Persistent rain all day with the back roads under an inch of water in places. The worse thing was the strong winds – oh and also the gradients, frozen hands...
by clarionbear | Oct 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Day 19 – Crawford to Douglas The end of the road to COP 26 is almost in sight so now we are beginning to try and confirm what will happen when we arrive. I personally want to leave almost immediately but I want to make sure that Clarion is in good hands. I think he...
by clarionbear | Oct 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Two songs for Clarion [Post edited to add the film released on 29th October] Huge thanks to Dorothea Linder and Jo Collins for Song for Clarion. Dorothea was inspired to write the lyrics when she heard about Clarion’s journey and asked her friend Jo Collins,...
by clarionbear | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Day 18 – BeatTock to Crawford Rain, rain, rain. They certainly know how to do rain in Scotland! First stop was to pull the broken trolley round to a welding workshop where Rabbie did a first class job welding the broken arm back on and strengthening the other one....
by clarionbear | Oct 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Day 17 – Lockerbie to beattock Sometimes one feels one has bitten off more than one can chew. It was a tough day today. We had wind, cold, rain, 2 film shoots, my leg injury and a breakage in the all important trolley. But I spent the day with a lovely small group....
