Spitfire rhino!

In the summer of 2013, Southampton hosted the Go! Rhino trail. A total of 36 rhino art sculptures were on display across the city centre. 

After three months, the rhinos were auctioned off for charity. 

Unbeknown to me until quite recently, one of these ended up in Shirley library, only 15-20 minutes walk away from home. 

Now why am I writing a post in a blog dedicated to Spitfires? Because this is what that particular rhino looks like, and because its name is 'Spitfire'!

Pretty obvious I had to enter the library and take a few more pictures of this rhino camouflaged as a Spitfire!

But there's more!

In the summer of 2022, a similar trail existed in Southampton's city centre: 'Hares of Hampshire'. And look closely at what's on the chest of one of those hares ...

My wife took the pictures then, not knowing we'd really be getting 'into' Spitfires less than two years later ...