Sculpted by Angela Hunter these five penguins, located on the wall of the Steeple Church, have become a firm favourite with the Dundee public and are Dundee’s answer to Glasgow’s Duke of Wellington statue. I hardly think that this is a fair comparison. ;-)
The penguins are regularly dressed to join in city occasions from graduation to charity fundraising events and from Christmas celebrations to Royal visits.
Dundee has actually been associated with penguins for a long time – hence the group of them getting some exercise in the city centre.
www.facebook.com/DundeePenguins
You’ll perhaps know a bit about the RRS Discovery, the beautiful ship now located at Dundee’s waterfront. Its first ever mission was to the British National Antarctica – which just happens to be, the home of the penguin.
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cp_u said:
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Rosalyn Hilborne said:
Love your PiP also! My brother was married in Dundee but it rained non-stop, so our sight seeing was severely curtailed unfortunately. One day maybe I will get there again.
Ecobird said:
HWW and have a lovely day
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Roger (Grisly) said:
interesting notes,
grobi358 said:
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Keith Burton said:
I love your image of the RRS Discovery...............it looks wonderful in the sunshine, especially with the colourful signal flags.
Two fantastic images Amelia...........thanks for sharing!
Ulrich John said: