"we have a guest for the night..er..a bear."

He's an explorer in a strange place that he hope he's going to find welcoming

London is so important to him, to the stories

although he comes from darkest Peru he settled in London. The truth is he has

over the years become a bit of an icon

"Grizzly? Not particularly, mind you I haven't seen him in the mornings"

This trail is a wonderful way of bringing that to life. In a way you can be

like Paddington, a great explorer. The Paddington Trail is going to be fifty

bears

all around London in various landmarks, of course iconically at Paddington

station itself.

And there will be trails you can follow to find each one. What's going to happen

with these bears is they're going to be auctioned off

and the proceeds of the auction are going to go towards the NSPCC

The NSPCC is as much part of the fabric of Britain this Paddington has become

The NSPCC are the Mr and Mrs Brown

for children who are at risk of being neglected. We want every child

to have a really wonderful start in life. And so I think its a perfect marriage of a

wonderful charity and an adorable iconic figure

You'll be able to explore the city going from Paddington to Paddington.

This is a great way to navigate London, to see the sights, to follow this bear on his journey

as he works his way through the streets and see all the

obvious tourist attractions; Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square

also some of the alleyways and by-ways that they might otherwise not have gone to

Course you can take photographs of them, photograph yourself with Paddington

you can upload them onto the internet.

Go to the Visit London website. Visit London will be the digital

partner if you like, guiding them through where they are. It would be wonderful for

visitors, it will be a bit of fun for Londoners as well to spot them all around town.

I hope this trail will make people look at London with fresh open eyes