A Beary Adventure

[elize]

Our Teddybearsforum-bear is going on a "Worldwide beary adventure". Please help us to give him a name. :confused:
Once he has a name and his little t-shirt - I'll post a picture of him on his first adventure.:Winking:
Anyone can invite him for his next adventure. All you need to do is, is to take a picture of him on his adventure, post the picture on the forum, feed him and give him a place to stay.;) When he is ready for his next adventure you must please take him to a post office and help him to get to his next adventure.:very happy:

[cloe.f]

Travelling Trevor

[theprofessor]

"Miles" - because he is going to travel for miles and miles and miles

[oldbearsandfriends]

What a lovely idea, I think Miles sounds good. He is welcome to come visit in Sunny Sth Australia anytime - Is he old enough to share a glass or 2 of lovely Barossa Valley wine with me?

[Bears and Beads]

Good Morning
How about Rover, as he will rove all over the world.
Regards
Carol

[Bear Essentials]

What about "Sean". We love to have him with us here at Bear Essentials & Silver Bear Centre in Ireland to meet Seamus our puppet bear. We would specially invite some local children to take him out on an adventure trip to the UNESCO global geopark. Looking forward to all his adventures is Anke :)

[elize]

I think we'll have to do an itenary for our travelling bear as he has got a lot of interesting places to visit and he is going to meet so many wonderful people.:happy3:

[elize]

Tillybears contacted me by email and this is her suggestion:
"I think we should call ted - captain ted - because he'll be commondeiring the continent!"

[elize]

Why not call him Pandemic or Pan Demic [ie worldwide!] Pan [for short!]
Tricia [my other half] spent quite some time in Sandton, when she emigrated to SA. She loved it and taught aerobics and dance there some 20+ years ago!
We went to Capetown, Sun City and the Kruger in 2003 and both of us WILL come back some time in the future.
All the very best ........Richard .....[Teddies of Trenode]

[elize]

I nearly forgot his passport:ashamed: but do not worry it will be ready in time for his travels:very happy:

[elize]

As regards the bear's name that's always tricky to choose; all depending on their character. Maybe "MUNDO" - it's the Spanish word for "WORLD". We'll try and think of some other names, then let you know to see what you think.
Best wishes, ecobears - FLIX, CATALUNYA, ESPANA.

[Teddywitch]

Hi everyone,

well I have posted my vote for travelling ted's name and would like to welcome him to visit us here in sunny (at the moment) Scotland. Looking forward to the progress on this.

[elize]

Teddywitch, thanks for Ted's invite I have added it to his itenary. :Winking:

[theprofessor]

Elize when are you planning fir this adventure to start? Jacques

[Bears and Beads]

Hi Elize
Why is teddy travelling with a UK passport? Is he not a South African bear, or is is easier to get thru customs on a foreign passport
Regards
Carol

[elize]

Carol, You are right, Gulliver is a South-African bear but getting a passport for him in South-Africa is an impossible task. It is much easier to get through customs on his foreign passport.:cool:

[gizmobears]

YIPEEEEE ..IM VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT MY NAME CHOSEN AS 'GULLIVER' WON THE VOTES FOR THE TRAVELLING TED!!
:Winking::):D:cloud9:

[elize]

A round of applause to Gizmobears for Gullivers' name :applause::applause::applause:

[elize]

Jacques If I have to put a date the start of the adventure it is close to 10 September 2008. I am waiting for the passport and his t-shirt. :rolleye2:

[elize]

Jacques If I have to put a date the start of Gullivers adventure it is close to 10 September 2008. I am waiting for the passport and his t-shirt. :rolleye2:

[elize]

At last, we got the t-shirt. He looks so cute, I can just see how he is going to break some hearts...:love:

[oldbearsandfriends]

Oh Boy He's Cute! :love:

You've done a fab job Elize :applause:

[elize]

Thanks, as soon as his passport has arrived we'll take the pics for his passport and then he'll be ready to leave for Sunny South Australia to visit oldbearsandfriends "happy6:"happy6:"happy6:

[oldbearsandfriends]

YIPPY! WOO HOO! the weather is getting lovely now, so we should have great fun!!:happy2::happy5:

[Andre007]

When is he leaving SA :?:

[elize]

As soon as I have received his passport Gulliver will leave SA. Mail form the UK to SA takes about 3-4 weeks and it left the UK 4 Sept 08.

[elize]

:dance1: the passport arrived!!!:dance3:
Gulliver has to go to his "Bon Voyage" tomorrow at the Happy Days Nursery school.
He will officially leave South-Africa on 2 October 2008 for Australia.:applause:

[oldbearsandfriends]

:dance2:YIPPY!:dance1:LOL!!!

[elize]

I celebrated my Bon Voyage at the Happy Days Nursery School. I had lots of fun outside on the jungle gym and I could watch the boys do some paintings. There was even time to play with the building blocks. I really enjoyed the last part when the teacher placed me next to the globe. She even explained to all the little friends that I am going to travel to Australia and that I had my own passport. What a fun filled day I had"happy6:

[oldbearsandfriends]

WHAT WONDERFUL photos!! everyone looks soo happy and like they are having such fun..:dance1:

Well Gulliver has arrived in sunny South Australia!!!! he has been telling all the gang about his trip he had and about the party he had at the HappyDaysNursery School. I took a photo of Stanley, Flynn and Phillip welcoming Gulliver with a cup of tea out on our front porch and some of the guys helping him out of his box!

We have made plans to take Gulliver around the sights of our fair city and we hope to visit my daughter, Ellie’s school this week. My hubby wants to show Gulliver how to fit a tyre at his business too (boys stuff) lol!

So we have loads to do and Gulliver and I are looking forward to getting to the Barossa for a wee tipple!

We will keep you all posted !!

[elize]

They all look so happy to see Gulliver. :cloud9: Looks like he is going to have lots and lots of fun. Now the Barossa sounds even better. :p

[Teddywitch]

Gulliver looks so sweet. Just hope he can come to Scotland too on his round the world trip. You never know he might even bring some snow with him, will be sure if he gets here in the winter though to give him some cozy stuff to wear :o)

[LadyEva]

He has to come to the USA and see the desert that we live in too. Hope to see him soon.

[kitty]

Fab pictures!

I wish I could welcome him to UAE too. But it will be a little while as things are crazed here, and we are still travelling around a lot. Yet next year we will probably give him a grand welcome to UAE/India (wherever we finally settle down; unsure at the moment). Yay!

[elize]

Kitty, Gulliver can definitely add UAE/India to his itenary next year.

[kitty]

Yay! That would be fab! I hope we will finally settle down next year in our own nice home, and have all my teddies and dolls moved there! They would be thrilled to welcome Gulliver. He would feel right at home with them! :) There are amazing places to see in both countries, so wherever I settle down I am sure Gulliver would have a nice time! :)

Love,
Kitty.

[oldbearsandfriends]

Hi all! Well folks, sadly Gulliver and I haven’t had the chance to get to the Barossa and see the things we wanted to, soon after Gulliver's arrival I lost a dear friend in a tragic accident, this left me totally devastated and with lots to do to help support her family...so I wasn’t able to take poor old Gulliver to the places I wanted to.

My Husband and Daughter felt very sorry for him and at least took him to my husbands workshop for a day to help out, here are some pictures of that day, you can see Gulliver and Ellie my daughter sitting inside my 1956 Morris Minor (what a little hot-rod!) Gulliver is changing a tyre on a race car!! And wanted a photo with a funny old sign he found.

As it is right now I will need to go spend some more time with the family of my friend and so will send Gulliver onto his next destination. Elize, would it be possible to have the address of his next stop and I will pack him up and bid him a fond farewell.

Thank you for letting Gulliver come visit, sorry it wasn't more fun :(

[Honeysuckle Bears]

Just to let you know I've arrived safe and well in England and have been travelling around having my photo taken at all sorts of exciting places. Helly says she will update my record later this week.

Lots of Love

Gulliver

PS: Helly loves the Morris Minor!

[elize]

Gulliver it is good to know that you have arrived safely. Sounds like you and Helly are having LOTS of fun."happy6:

[Honeysuckle Bears]

Well, I'm staying for a while in Wiltshire in England. Wiltshire is famous for its stone circles and white chalk horses.

So I started my holiday by visiting the Adam and Eve stones on the outskirts of Avebury. Avebury has a very large stone circle, 1 mile in diameter. It used to have two avenues of stones leading to it. One is still in place - I'm going to visit there soon - but these two stones are all that remain of the second avenue.

Don't they look amazing, just standing alone in the field?

[Honeysuckle Bears]

Next stop . . .

This is Caen Hill. Caen Hill consists of a series of sixteen locks in close succession. It was the only way to get the Kennet and Avon Canal up the steep hill. All in all, in approximately two miles there are 21 locks, however, Caen Hill is the really famous bit. It takes four hours for a narrow boat to navigate the locks on Caen Hill.

We arrived here really early, before Helly had to go to work. The large ponds you can see are the means by which the water is regulated so it doesn't ever flood.

[elize]

These stones looks so amazing, you are one lucky Bear!:papabear:

[elize]

The water looks so clear and like a mirror without a trace of wind. I envy you Gulliver."happy6:

[Andre007]

The stone circle is 1 mile in diameter:?: That sounds incredible. So Gulliver "The early bird catches the boat to Caen Hill" Lucky you:very happy:

[LadyEva]

Gulliver is having some really great adventures. Can't wait to see more. Some day I hope he will come visit my part of the world.

[Honeysuckle Bears]

Today I visited Silbury Hill. It was a very cold start to the day . . . brr!

Silbury Hill is the largest man made hill in Europe and no one knows why it is there.

It has been excavated lots of times and there is nothing inside it.

Some people think it may have had something to do with ancient fertility rites - I'm not sure what that is . . . Helly did explain a little but I think I'm a little too young!

From The Adam & Eve stones you can just see the top of Silbury Hill, so perhaps it had something to do with the Avebury stones?

For what ever reason it's there, it certainly looks impressive. It's right by the main A4 road and a wonderful sight.

You can also see it from West Kennet Long Barrow, so perhaps it had something to do with burial rites too (Helly explained that to me too!)

[Honeysuckle Bears]

Next stop, The Avenue.
Helly set off really early for work this morning so she could get all the sites in as it was such a gorgeous - if cold - morning.

Do you remember I told you about the Adam and Eve stones? Well, this is the avenue. It stretches for half a mile and many of the stones are still in place. Others have been replaced with concrete blocks to show where they used to be.

This is the most famous avenue. many people don't know that Avebury had two.

[Honeysuckle Bears]

Well, I can't visit The Avenue without stopping in Avebury itself.

Avebury stone circle is so vast and, unlike Stonehenge, you can walk among the stones.

What a lovely way to start the day. Here are just some of the views of the circle. I started at one side and walked all the way around. The road to Swindon goes straight through the village and through the centre of the circle. This is the route Helly drives along every morning to work

[Honeysuckle Bears]

I also visited the village High Street, which looked really pretty with all the frost.

Can you see me? I'm sat on a ledge on one of the largest stones, people call it 'The Devil's Seat'.

[oldbearsandfriends]

Wow! what fun Gulliver, I wish I had hopped in the box with you!!

What Fun, looking forwards to seeing more:very happy:

[elize]

Village High Street looks like a picture out of a story book, it is really beautiful.

[Honeysuckle Bears]

Well, it seems that when it snows in England the whole country comes to a stop! Still, that meant I was able to get out and play in the snow.

I sat on the bench and by the pond but I got a bit of a numb bum!

[Honeysuckle Bears]

Polar Bears have fur on their feet to keep them warm. I don't have that luxury!

Can you see my paw prints in the snow?

[Honeysuckle Bears]

Now for some fun!

Can you guess what it is yet?


. . .Ready . . .

[Honeysuckle Bears]

. . . Steady . . .

[Honeysuckle Bears]

. . .


snow angel!!!

[Honeysuckle Bears]

Brr! I definately don't have any Polar Bear in my blood!

It's my final evening so I'm snugged up by the fire in a perfectly sized rocking chair. I need to warm up and dry out after all that fun.

I'm off to Scotland next but there's so much still to do here.

Perhaps I could come back again in the future, during the summer when I can get out more? Helly & Steve would love to have me back.

Right, next stop Scotland . . .

[elize]

It looks like such fun in the snow.:Snowman2: We would really like a bit of snow in South-Africa. Maybe Gulliver can brings some with him?

[elize]

Just to let you know that Gulliver arrived in Dundee at lunch time (13 Feb 2009) . The snow arrived yesterday, obviously to keep him company as he had so much of it in England. Anyway I have had a look on the site and cannot figure out how to upload pics there so am sending this to you in the meantime.

When he got here he sat on my desk (I work from home) and said hi to my little furries who stay there. Then one my daughter caught sight of him he promptly went out to help Shanna and her friend Steffan to continue building a snowman.

Shanna loaned him a little coat fo help keep him cozy. Later we sat down to dinner but Gulliver was happy with biscuits and a glass of wine (I tricked him it is really blueberry juice) sshhhhhh.

More info and pics later :o)

He is just so cute.

Trisha
Teddywitch

[LadyEva]

Gulliver looks like he had great fun in England even when he got wet and cold making a snow angel. I bet he liked the warm fire. Then on to Scotland and making a snowman...Wow what fun.

I can't wait until he finds his way to the USA and the desert where I live. I wonder if he will like the heat?

[Bear Essentials]

:3bears: Gulliver has arrived at Bear Essentials Ireland and made already friends with all the other bears here. He is a very proactive fellow and helped me already to adopt a polar bear with WWF for St.Patrick's Boys National School for a year. He is going to visit the school after our Easter brake and will take part in an art project about bears.
You can also read more about him on both of our blogs.
Anke's blog on (http://bearessentialsireland.wordpress.com)and St.Patrick's School blog at (http://saintpatricksschool.wordpress.com/)

This afternoon Gulliver is going to have his first workshop taking part in stuffing teddy bears.
Talk to you soon again.
Anke

[Bear Essentials]

Do you want to see how many Easter eggs Gulliver found at Bear Essentials Easter workshop than click here http://bearessentialsireland.wordpress.com/ he also made friends with a puppy.

[elize]

Wow what lot of Easter Eggs!

[LadyEva]

Gulliver looks like he is having fun.

[GulliverTravels]

How fun! My Gulliver has gone on his first trip, to Minneapolis, MN, and is having a good time, he will be home soon and preparing to go out again!:papabear:

[oldbearsandfriends]

:applause:




MORE, MORE!!!!!!:5:

[Bear Essentials]

:3bears: Let's see if Gullivers Easter Party is coming up now???

[Bear Essentials]

Looks rather big so here is another one. Gulliver meets a new puppy in Ireland at Bear Essentials. The puppy loved him so much that Gulliver was hiding the whole Easter afternoon, just to be on the safe side. Can you guess who the white legs belong to behind Gulliver???

[elize]

Is that a Polar Bear behind Gulliver :?::?::?:

[Bear Essentials]

Yes it is our big polar bear.
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Here you can see Gulliver with some boys at St.Patrick's Boys National School in Balliamore Ireland. He was involved in our "Let's save Blizzard" project.
To read more about it go to http://bearessentialsireland.wordpress.com/

Who would like to have Gulliver next??? :puzzled: We like to keep him until our Teddy Bear Barbecue Day on 20th of June at Bear Essentials Ireland.

[LadyEva]

Gulliver can come to the states if he wants. We live in hot and sunny Arizona and even though we don't get out much during the summer because of the heat, we have lots of bears to visit with him. It looks like he is having a lot of in Ireland.

[elize]

Eva, I think he will love Arizona. Gulliver has never been to the USA.

[LadyEva]

We would be happy if Gulliver would visit. We will have to see what kind of adventure he could have while he is here. After his adventures in Ireland it will be a big change to see the USA.

[LadyEva]

Gilliver arrived safe and sound in Arizona today. Right now he is sitting and enjoying the air conditioning after being put in the hot mail box. Our temperature today is only 105 degrees F. Lucky he wasn't here last week when it was 120+. We will have to see if we can't get him out and about the next couple of weeks.:paw

[elize]

I am sure he will love it there.:3bears:

[LadyEva]

Thought I would add some pictures of Gulliver and our granddaughter. Alyssa is 8 years old and loves bears. We took him with us when we went to the old western gold mining town but he didn't want to get out of the car. I think he was afraid of the burros that roam the street of the town. I did get a couple of pictures of Alyssa with the burros so that everyone could see that they come right up to you and of course want to eat. Carrots are sold in all the shops for the burros. It is very hot here right now. Over 100 degrees F every day so we are not getting out much but Gulliver is enjoying all of the bear friends he has met at our house.

[elize]

Gulliver look so happy on Alyssa's lap.Thought he would be scared of other animals:Winking:

[GulliverTravels]

I can't wait to show him San Diego!!

[LadyEva]

He is going to love San Diego after the hot hot weather of the desert of Arizona. We have not been able to get out much.

[GulliverTravels]

Gulliver has arrived in San Diego!! He got here safe and sound just a little bit ago and is now chilling out in front of the fan, its a bit warm out today, though not as warm as Arizona! Yikes, over 100 degrees, whew. We'll have to get out and about soon there is so much to see here!
I've included a picture of him and my Gulliver, who has been home for a bit and is enjoying swapping travel tales with his new friend. My Gulliver will hang out here to help show the TBF Gulliver around SD, and then he is off to Hawaii!!
Where is TBF Gulliver heading next?

http://i25.tinypic.com/fnd9w0.jpg

[LadyEva]

So glad that Guliver made it safely to San Diego. It looks like he has already found a friend.

[elize]

Gulliver looks so happy with his new friend.
He is coming to Cape Town in South Africa and there he is going to visit Bears and Beads.

[Bears and Beads]

So glad Guliver is comming to Cape Town. If he has any where he wants to go to before visiting here, please let him do so - hopefully he will be kept busy for the next 9 months and then be here in time for the next May fair. If he feels he wants to be closer to home, he will be most welcome!!

[elize]

Carol he can come back to Johannesburg first and I will take him around here and send him to you after the December holidays?

[Bears and Beads]

Wonderful - thanks. He can live in Cape Town, pending the May Fair where he will see lots and lots of his family, and catch up on lots and lots of tales.