On my meanderings throughout Malvern town this afternoon, I left the post office (after perusing their Christmas Cards - I've yet to send one!) and then headed up to the Iapetus Gallery to have a look at theirs (some very nice prints and decorations to be fair - particularly ones by Morna Rhys "May Blossom Sunrise" and Carry Akroyd's "Bright Night").
But in the interim, I went to pay my respects to Sir Edward, (in fact I was curious to know how long the statue had been there since including him in my previous blog post - he was placed there in the year 2000).
And what I saw horrified me and bemused me in equal measure! (A slight exaggeration, but judge for yourselves).
I remember reading the Telegraph last year at about this time. They had a mock award for 'worse Christmas jumpers' or something much akin. Perhaps Sir Edward was a challenger for this year's award? Or perhaps, like many others, he's just cold without his jumper on.
Or, in fact, he could be helping out with a charity! Save the Children have Christmas Jumper Day on the 12th December every year. So if you want to donate via text, then head on over to http://jumpers.savethechildren.org.uk/
(But I will issue a warning here: if I see a Red Nose on him over the coming years I'll box his ears!)