The dragon trail...

There are seventy of these dragons dotted around the city and it's outskirts. They are there as a celebration of Newport's vibrant art scene (yes, we have one apparently) and the dragons photographed showcase a cross selection of work from some of the areas leading artists.




Newport superdragons are the result of many months of hard work from a truly amazing group of people. Sadly not long after they were placed around the city at least 15 of them were vandalised. Predictable in any city I suppose, a sign of the times, which I think is deplorable.




I wonder how the sculptors felt about that, and the school children who designed the smaller ones? In society today there is always a small number of people who will spoil it for the rest. It spoiled the dragon trail too. A super idea for tourists and locals to follow the map to where they are situated, but after the repair of the vandalised dragons, they were put in safer locations and not necessarily placed back where they were, so that rotted up the trail to a degree.





It must be disheartening for the organisers of this event, which is part of the Newport Festival Summer, a fore runner to the Ryder Cup. One wonders what will happen when that comes to town. You can bet there will be someone out there waiting to disrupt that event too.