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Bright red bear and bright red giraffe, both of which were standing in front of shops. The giraffe is called Gerald, apparently.

Chipping Campden, like many Cotswolds towns, has many big, old and doubtless expensive houses in its centre. Those on the High Street have front doors directly on the pavement, and many have individualised doorknockers. Running parallel with the high street is the original back lane (actually called Back End).

There many house fronts are obscured behind hedges or walls and front gardens. Several of these houses have what look like bespoke weathervanes. Likely the fleeing fox, and perhaps also the horse and jockey, proclaim support for the local hunt. Not sure what the whale signifies, but it was the one which caught my fancy.

Three conies, one of the old Hook Norton tied houses inn signs on display in the Fox Hotel, Chipping Norton.

Christmas decoration on one of a pair of hounds flanking the elaborate front entrance to one of the houses on the main street of the Cotswold town of Chipping Campden.

More doorknockers, again mainly on wildlife themes. A stone painted with a gecko has sneaked in, edging the street-front garden of the same person displaying the geckos in yeaterday’s set.

Animated singing reindeer at Codsall and Wergs Garden Centre, which proved a hit with toddlers. They had mouths moving in time to the singing. When the song had female voice only, the one on the left operated, the one on the right for a male voice.

Merry Christmas.