Ted on Tour - Updated 3rd Sept TED VISITS AUSTRIA, DORSET AND NEW YORK!

Our first Zöes Bear to reach foreign shores has made it to the beautiful island of Nevis in the West Indies.

Taken there by one of our Hospice staff, he met a very special little girl called Lekiah, who didn't have a bear of her own and welcomed him with lots of cuddles and love. He liked it there so much he's decided to make Nevis his forever home!

We can't wait to see where our next Bear is going to turn up - please send us your photos as soon as possible!

Teds' paws must have needed a good massage after this little trek around London!  These fantastic photos sent in by Andrea Wilcox show Ted taking in the sights of the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, Buckingham Palace,the London Eye, Westminster Abbey, Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, and he even had a cuddle from a Chelsea Pensioner!

Thanks to Genna and Tegan for their fantastic pic of Ted reaching Dumfries in Scotland, our first Scottish representative!

Lovely photo girls, thanks for sending it in!

Ted has been a very busy chap and was delighted to be taken to his first ever concert.

Sophie and Gemma took their Zoes Place bear along to the Norwich Theatre Royal on the 13th of May where he rubbed shoulders with local Boro lads Andy and Carl of Journey South!

Thanks so much for sending in your great photo girls!

Thanks to Jean Brady from Coventry who took Ted for a night out at the Birmingham Alexander Theatre to see her favorites, Journey South..looks like he had a great night!

Not content with one lot of X Factor stars under his belt, our Ted bopped along to the sounds of X Factor 2006 winner, Shayne Ward, at his concert at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle on the 15th of May, 08.

Natalie Longford parted company with Ted who decided he wanted to be a 'bandie' and has hit the road with Shayne on his current UK tour!

Here's hoping he remembers to email us some pics to us whilst on his travels!!

Where IS he going to end up next?

Our Ted is becoming so famous his story has hit the local paper. Taken from the Evening Gazette, Saturday May 17th, you can read the article below:

 ''Teesside Ted Bear aiming to raise hospice funds''

''May 17 2008 by Barbara Argument, Evening Gazette

TEESSIDE Ted Bear is on tour for the summer - and popping up at all the holiday hot spots worldwide.

Ted has a passport to travel and is using it to cross borders to get up to all sorts of cracking adventures.

He may be everyone’s idea of a serious softie, but the furry crusader won’t be swayed from his vital mission.

Armed with only his warm woolly jumper and trusty case, Ted is flying off round the globe to raise money for Zoe’s Place baby hospice in Normanby.

The idea came to Ted after hospice director Joan Stainsby invited one of his mates to fly off to the beautiful island of Nevis in the West Indies.

A special little girl called Lekiah loved the bear so much, he decided to stay with her forever.

Since then Ted’s been photographed in York, at the Tower of London and hospice supporters Tegan and Jenna took him for a day out in Dumfries.

“We hope lots of people will buy a Ted Bear of their own and take him on holiday with them,” said Sue Fox of Zoe’s Place.

“The idea is to raise money for the hospice — and have fun by posting a photo of him on holiday with them on our website.”

Sue says the bears with their Zoe’s Hospice jumpers can’t wait to go on tour.

“They don’t have to go abroad — we’re as happy to see Ted enjoying himself on a day out as sunning himself on a tropical beach.”

Zoe’s Place is hoping to sell lots of the £5 bears to bring in much-needed funds for the hospice, which cares for babies and children up to the age of five who have life-threatening or limiting illnesses.

Recently it added two new rooms with cots to the four already at the hospice and the 10-inch tall bears will help fund them.

“It costs £700,000 a year to run Zoe’s,” said Sue who is hoping to see lots of photos of Ted on the website.

“Whether he’s taking in the sights of Paris, sunbathing in Spain or picnicking at Seaton Carew, we want to see the snaps.”

BUY a £5 Ted Bear by visiting Zoe’s Place in Normanby; contact Sue Fox on sue@zoesplace.org or phone 01642 457985; or send a £5 cheque.''

A big thanks to Barbara Argument for covering the story!

Our intrepid Ted has been darting off around the countryside again and this weekend he travelled down to Warwickshire for the very first National Nissan Figaro Meet, with his owner Sue Fox.

Held at the heritage Motor Museum, home of the largest British collecton of Classic Cars, Ted spent a lovely weekend looking at all the beautiful motors...in fact he was so impressed he's decided to have driving lessons once he's finished his travels, so he can get his own set of wheels!

Here is Tyler Hammond aged 8 from Norwich, with his Bear and Journey South. Ted must know all the words to Journey Souths songs by now!!

Thanks for the great pics Tyler!

Thanks to Lisa Justice of Grimsby for her brilliant photos of Ted enjoying the good old English seaside town of Cleethorpes..hope he didn't get sand in his fur!

Ted brought lots of good luck to his owner Lorna Simpkin who ran the Edingburgh Marathon on the 25th of May at a very impressive 4hrs and 15 minutes, a great result! And we hear Ted enjoyed his short break in Edinburgh..thanks for the picture!

Alex and Joe Belshaw (aged 11 and 9) had a brilliant time showing Ted the stunning scenery at Sandyhills Bay in the Solway Firth recently.

And Ted being the plucky chap that he is enjoyed the thrills and spills of mountain biking in Dalbeattie Forest.

Who would have thought that one little Ted could have so many fantastic adventures?!

Visit the site again soon to see where he is going to turn up next..and remember, the best picture will win a prize!

Olivia (11) and Antonia (10) Barron, who have recently emigrated from England, showed Ted the marvelous Four Seasons Golf Club in Dubai. Looks like he's getting a taste for the high life!

Thanks for the shots, girls.

Ted attended his very first wedding last week at the beautuful setting of Gretna Green in bonnie Scotland. The sun shone, and everyone had a wonderful time! Ted is pictured here with Katherine Earl who was bridesmaid, neice of Jean Boal who kindly sent the photo in!

Ted has really stepped up a gear and been living life in the fast lane at Silverstone race track.

Ted is pictured with Canadian driver Robert Wickers and Mikhail Aleshi, both from the Carlin Motorsport team.

Thanks to Tyler of Norwich for sending us in the great pictures!

Thanks to Mrs Cubitt for her lovely photo of Ted relaxing in his Bradford Hotel, The Great Victoria. He certainly looks like he had a chilled time!

Our adventurous Ted crossed the water recently with our hospice manager Eileen Middleton, and hospice nurse Jean Boal to sample the delights of DUBLIN.

As he is underage he only had the froth off his pint, but he said he had a fantastic time, although he sadly didn't meet any leprachauns...

Zoe Birtle sent us in this fab photo of her Zoes Bear with herself and the New Forest Brass Band on a recent trip to Lymington, Hampshire.

Great photo Zoe!

Thanks to Paula from the hospice for sending us her pics of Zoe Bear in the beautiful country of Austria.

Thankfully Ted has a head for heights - just as well as he was lucky enough to have a cable car ride up the mountain- lucky Ted!

Desperate for some sunshine on his fur, Zoe Bear left on a jet plane to the shores of BENIDORM with Sandra Graham, our hospice receptionist.

Sandra treat him to his very own sombrero, but he was very shy and refused to don his swimsuit and stuck to wearing his woolly jumper instead - what a shy fellow!

Never one to shy away from danger, our daredevil bear scaled the heights of the TRANSPORTER BRIDGE in MIDDLESBROUGH last weekend to do a bungee!

After being dangled over the waters edge in his very own harness, Ted decided he wasn't QUITE as brave as he thought he was, so passed on the bungee challenge instead to Christy Belshaw, shown with his sons Alex and Joe.

Thankfully Christy DID manage to complete the bungee and lived to tell the tale!

Well done and thanks for the fantastic photos!

Thanks to Jean Brady for her photo of Ted enjoying Ladies Day at Ascot last week..can you spot him in the photo?

Our Ted really is having a global adventure - he's recently been over to Singapore with Bailey and Dylan Condren, who showed him the sights of Singapore Zoo!

He even enjoyed a cocktail after a heavy days sunbathing..fantastic photos boys!

Gemma and Sophie took Ted to the beautiful island of Corfu, where as you can see he enjoyed the sun immensely!

Ted is pictured here with Ellie Brady, who took Ted on a day trip to Rye...love the picture of the House with Two Doors!

Ted went on a movie location hunt recently on a trip to OXFORD with his owner Zoe Birtle. On his jaunt he visited the Bodleian Library, the Divinity School (the Infirmary ay Hogwarts in Harry Potter) Christchurch college dining room (the hall in Hogwarts- Harry Potter) and is finally pictured with a custodian of Christchurch college!

Ted has excelled himself once again and has managed to blag himself a trip on the HMS ARK ROYAL, no less!!

A big thanks to Dan Entwistle who captured our furry stowaway as he set sail in Liverpool - believed to be heading for the USA!

Thanks to Dan Entwistle for sending us the latest pic of Ted on his trips with HMS Ark Royal, where he managed to be snapped with the FA Cup!

Dan tells us that Ted is now sitting on a shelf in the Commanders cabin on route to America!

Zoe Birtle has had her lucky Ted on another outing recently. where he made it to Centre Court at Wimbeldon!! Lucky Ted managed to see Serena Williams in the Ladies Quarter Finals. He also earned his 'I queued at Wimbledon sticker' - he passed on the strawberries as they tend to stick to his fur, but he had a thrilling time!

Never one to miss out on an adventure, our Ted has even managed to keep a diary about his recent cruise to Spain.

Thanks to his owner Derrick Previll for helping him keep a log of his travels!

Laura Sandrey sent us in a photo of Ted at  the foot of the Eiger mountain in Switzerland...Laura's coach driver Terry Glendenning explained to the bus tour all about Zoes Place and what we do, so she decided to send in this lovely pic..

Thanks so much!

Thanks again to Danny Entwistle for updating us on Teds travels aboard HMS Ark Royal - he tells us Ted is now in America and great news..he has been promoted to the rank of Commander!! Well done Ted!

Many thanks to Rebecca Daley for these fab pictures of Ted in Bulgaria. He's certainly been getting about a bit this summer!

Thanks to Anne and Dick Woolven who took Ted on holiday to Westendorf in Austria.

Lucky Ted took a ride in a cable car, climbed almost to the top of the Brechorn mountain and walked up the side of the Krimml Waterfalls!

Thank you to Francesca and Georgina Leonard for their lovely photos of Ted in Dorset!

Ted had a whale of a time in New York recently, taken there by the hubby of Pip Blick from Coventry! He had a ride on the Statten Island Ferry and paid a visit to Grand Central Station.