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Friday, 20 July 2012

Meet your Tour Guide

Wenlock and Madeville are the Olympic Mascots turned tour guides. Six discovery trails are lined with 83 mascots. Smart phone users can scan a QR code at the bottom of each mascot to discover more about London or you can download the London Official City Guide App here.

7 comments:

  1. Where did the name come from?

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  2. A bit 'one-eyed'!! Do I see some sunny shadows?

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  3. For Stefan:
    Wenlock from the town of Much Wenlock, the inspiration for Baron de Coubertin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenlock_Olympian_Society

    Mandeville from Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the inspiration for the Paralympic Games:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoke_Mandeville_Games

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  4. Looks like it will be a handy resource.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 20, 2012

    looks a bit like
    our prime minister

    cool pic in a surreal kind of way, mo :)

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    /t.

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  6. I might have preferred guideposts that are a bit less obtrusive.

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  7. Am I the only one who is creept out of these creatures? Why should they be cyclops?

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