15_ BUMPSY Move over Banksy! Move over Banksy, Bumpsy is in town! And he is prolific. Find Mr Bump on locations including walls, bins and pillars. The blue-bandaged character is usually just strolling, but can also be found skateboarding, climbing and playing golf: an all-action accident-prone hero. He also has a habit of multiplying, and not just in different locations, with almost a dozen different Mr Bumps in a variety of shapes and sizes located on a clump of rocks along the Pill Path (head to the other side of the River Avon from the Portway and follow the path underneath the Clifton Suspension Bridge). Portraits of the famous Roger Hargreaves figure first started popping up around Sea Mills close to the Avon and Trym rivers in 2021. The anonymous artist was soon dubbed Bumpsy, and began adding this tag to their pieces. But not everyone sees the works as a ray of Little Miss Sunshine. Instead, there have been Mr Angry reactions as Bumpsy has painted on information signs and heritage walls, including near the listed Kingsweston iron bridge. Since Bumpsy’s artworks first appeared, Luke Merrett has attempted to locate each and every one of them. As this guidebook was going to the printers in 2022, Luke has mapped and taken photos of 40 Mr Bumps, as well as creating a 20-mile trail if you want to track them all down yourself. (Find the map at leave-the-road-and.run/ mr-bumps-friday-route-recommendation.) New pieces are still popping up all the time, with the identity of the mysterious Bumpsy – like Banksy – a closely guarded secret. Address Various locations particularly around Sea Mills, Blaise and Kingsweston, www.instagram.com/mr_bumpsy // Hours Accessible 24 hours // Ages 2+
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Find Banksy’s Mild Mild West on Stokes Croft and Hanging Man at the bottom of Park Street.
15_ BUMPSY Move over Banksy! Move over Banksy, Bumpsy is in town! And he is prolific. Find Mr Bump on locations including walls, bins and pillars. The blue-bandaged character is usually just strolling, but can also be found skateboarding, climbing and playing golf: an all-action accident-prone hero. He also has a habit of multiplying, and not just in different locations, with almost a dozen different Mr Bumps in a variety of shapes and sizes located on a clump of rocks along the Pill Path (head to the other side of the River Avon from the Portway and follow the path underneath the Clifton Suspension Bridge). Portraits of the famous Roger Hargreaves figure first started popping up around Sea Mills close to the Avon and Trym rivers in 2021. The anonymous artist was soon dubbed Bumpsy, and began adding this tag to their pieces. But not everyone sees the works as a ray of Little Miss Sunshine. Instead, there have been Mr Angry reactions as Bumpsy has painted on information signs and heritage walls, including near the listed Kingsweston iron bridge. Since Bumpsy’s artworks first appeared, Luke Merrett has attempted to locate each and every one of them. As this guidebook was going to the printers in 2022, Luke has mapped and taken photos of 40 Mr Bumps, as well as creating a 20-mile trail if you want to track them all down yourself. (Find the map at leave-the-road-and.run/ mr-bumps-friday-route-recommendation.) New pieces are still popping up all the time, with the identity of the mysterious Bumpsy – like Banksy – a closely guarded secret. Address Various locations particularly around Sea Mills, Blaise and Kingsweston, www.instagram.com/mr_bumpsy // Hours Accessible 24 hours // Ages 2+
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Find Banksy’s Mild Mild West on Stokes Croft and Hanging Man at the bottom of Park Street.
24_ CHILDREN’S SCRAPSTORE
A cave of wonders for creatives
There are many places in Bristol that could be described as an Aladdin’s cave, from book shops to art galleries. But out of everywhere across our city, the Children’s Scrapstore in St Werburgh’s best deserves the accolade. If you ever need your creativity kickstarted, this is the place for you. The charity helps businesses divert reusable waste away from landfill, and at the same time helps improve art and play opportunities for children. One of their mottos is ‘making waste things play things,’ and a look at some recent items of scrap shows just why this is an Aladdin’s cave. There may not be a genie in a bottle, but there are (or were) – deep breath – plastic cones, coffee sacks, assorted buttons, cardboard tubes, rubber bands, squirty bottle caps, Braille paper, bra straps and so much more. What would you make from all of that? An art shop on site has a few more traditional art and craft items for sale. Don’t mind getting dirty? Children’s Scrapstore runs messy play sessions for under-fives every week, and has sessions for older and TIP: Better Food almos younger children in the school holit next door is th e original shop days, including stay and play and of a successful Bristol business drop-off sessions, with themes inselling organic groceries cluding animation, scrap costumes and fresh prod uce, and and space adventure. also includes a café. Children’s Scrapstore started in 1982 from a small garage, and has arrived in St Werburgh’s via Brislington and Welsh Back as well as a while spent in the Cameron Balloons hot air balloon factory in Bedminster. They now divert around 200 tonnes from landfill each year, thanks to their focus on reuse, play and art. 56
, Address 21 Sevier Street B, 9L 2 BS ’s, rgh St Werbu +44 (0)117 9085644, .uk // www.childrensscrapstore.co ier Getting there Bus 5 to Sev d, We , Tue urs Ho Street // Fri & Sat 10am – 5pm, 1+ Thu 11am – 5pm // Ages
24_ CHILDREN’S SCRAPSTORE
A cave of wonders for creatives
There are many places in Bristol that could be described as an Aladdin’s cave, from book shops to art galleries. But out of everywhere across our city, the Children’s Scrapstore in St Werburgh’s best deserves the accolade. If you ever need your creativity kickstarted, this is the place for you. The charity helps businesses divert reusable waste away from landfill, and at the same time helps improve art and play opportunities for children. One of their mottos is ‘making waste things play things,’ and a look at some recent items of scrap shows just why this is an Aladdin’s cave. There may not be a genie in a bottle, but there are (or were) – deep breath – plastic cones, coffee sacks, assorted buttons, cardboard tubes, rubber bands, squirty bottle caps, Braille paper, bra straps and so much more. What would you make from all of that? An art shop on site has a few more traditional art and craft items for sale. Don’t mind getting dirty? Children’s Scrapstore runs messy play sessions for under-fives every week, and has sessions for older and TIP: Better Food almos younger children in the school holit next door is th e original shop days, including stay and play and of a successful Bristol business drop-off sessions, with themes inselling organic groceries cluding animation, scrap costumes and fresh prod uce, and and space adventure. also includes a café. Children’s Scrapstore started in 1982 from a small garage, and has arrived in St Werburgh’s via Brislington and Welsh Back as well as a while spent in the Cameron Balloons hot air balloon factory in Bedminster. They now divert around 200 tonnes from landfill each year, thanks to their focus on reuse, play and art. 56
, Address 21 Sevier Street B, 9L 2 BS ’s, rgh St Werbu +44 (0)117 9085644, .uk // www.childrensscrapstore.co ier Getting there Bus 5 to Sev d, We , Tue urs Ho Street // Fri & Sat 10am – 5pm, 1+ Thu 11am – 5pm // Ages
57_ KIDS’ COOKERY CLASSES Delicious and nutritious home cooking Volcanoes are often created in Knowle West. Fortunately, lava doesn’t spill out onto Daventry Road. Instead, an egg is cracked into the volcano crater that has been made by a fork in a pile of flour. It’s the first few minutes of a kids’ cookery class, and making the pasta from scratch is the first task for today’s class. After volcanoes, it was time to make a giant snake the length of the large table from bread dough, that will eventually become bread rolls. The young chefs are kneading, mashing, rolling and chopping. All learning new skills that could stand them in good stead for the rest of their lives. Everyone taking part in these classes eats what they make, with some of the ingredients coming from the garden outside. And if they don’t like the pasta, they’ll be sure to love the bread rolls, TIP: Get one o f the especially when they come fresh out best views across Brist of the oven and are slathered with o l from the to p of the a slice of butter. Northern S lopes. The priority here is always for the children to eat, with recipe kits being prepared to send out to households across Bristol as the class is happening. One-day cookery workshops take place in the school holidays, with monthly classes on a Saturday for parents and their children to cook together. ‘Right folks, we’re all doing very well,’ says Square Food Foundation founder Barny Haughton to the class. Barny started running cookery classes at his former restaurants before opening Square Food in Knowle West with the mission of reducing hunger, improving health and bringing people together through food and cooking. 122
wle Address The Park, Daventry Road, Kno 686, 4622 7 (0)11 West, BS4 1DQ, +44 Getting www.squarefoodfoundation.co.uk // rs Hou // Road there Bus 91 to Daventry 7+ Ages // s date shop Check website for work
57_ KIDS’ COOKERY CLASSES Delicious and nutritious home cooking Volcanoes are often created in Knowle West. Fortunately, lava doesn’t spill out onto Daventry Road. Instead, an egg is cracked into the volcano crater that has been made by a fork in a pile of flour. It’s the first few minutes of a kids’ cookery class, and making the pasta from scratch is the first task for today’s class. After volcanoes, it was time to make a giant snake the length of the large table from bread dough, that will eventually become bread rolls. The young chefs are kneading, mashing, rolling and chopping. All learning new skills that could stand them in good stead for the rest of their lives. Everyone taking part in these classes eats what they make, with some of the ingredients coming from the garden outside. And if they don’t like the pasta, they’ll be sure to love the bread rolls, TIP: Get one o f the especially when they come fresh out best views across Brist of the oven and are slathered with o l from the to p of the a slice of butter. Northern S lopes. The priority here is always for the children to eat, with recipe kits being prepared to send out to households across Bristol as the class is happening. One-day cookery workshops take place in the school holidays, with monthly classes on a Saturday for parents and their children to cook together. ‘Right folks, we’re all doing very well,’ says Square Food Foundation founder Barny Haughton to the class. Barny started running cookery classes at his former restaurants before opening Square Food in Knowle West with the mission of reducing hunger, improving health and bringing people together through food and cooking. 122
wle Address The Park, Daventry Road, Kno 686, 4622 7 (0)11 West, BS4 1DQ, +44 Getting www.squarefoodfoundation.co.uk // rs Hou // Road there Bus 91 to Daventry 7+ Ages // s date shop Check website for work