{"id":3212,"date":"2016-03-11T10:59:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T10:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3212"},"modified":"2018-08-16T14:39:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T14:39:02","slug":"the-wheres-wally-run-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/03\/the-wheres-wally-run-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The Where\u2019s Wally? Run is Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Where\u2019s_Wally_World_Record_5846729480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3220\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Where\u2019s_Wally_World_Record_5846729480.jpg\" width=\"805\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Where\u2019s_Wally_World_Record_5846729480.jpg 805w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Where\u2019s_Wally_World_Record_5846729480-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Where\u2019s_Wally_World_Record_5846729480-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The National Literacy Trust\u2019s annual <em>Where&#8217;s Wally?<\/em>\u00a0Fun Run is back for the fourth year and it&#8217;s bigger than ever!<\/p>\n<p>This man of many names (Waldo in the US, Charlie in France and Holger in Danish) is ironically one of the most recognisable children\u2019s characters ever created and the charity is calling on supporters to don bobble hats, glasses and stripey tops in the style of <em>Where\u2019s Wally?<\/em> and walk, jog or run to raise vital funds to give disadvantaged children the literacy skills they need to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>Taking place for the first time on Clapham Common in South West London on <strong>Sunday 20th March<\/strong>, this year\u2019s event features a new festival area with fun activities for the whole family.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy music, a book sale and a whole range of food stalls while the kids enjoy fun games and prizes. If you\u2019re looking to run, there\u2019s a choice between the 5k and 10k courses and this year there\u2019s even a 1k course for children under the age of 12. Register for a place on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.literacytrust.org.uk\/support\/fundraising_and_events\/fun_run\/wheres_wally_fun_run_2016\" target=\"_blank\">National Literacy Trust<\/a>\u2019s website and get the official Where\u2019s Wally? Costume based on the much-loved character created by Martin Handford.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/03\/waldo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3222\" alt=\"waldo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/03\/waldo.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/03\/waldo.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/03\/waldo-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why not dress as the evil Odlaw (even though he never seemed to be doing anything dastardly in the books) and reenact your own Where\u2019s Wally style games as your friends and family cheer you on.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prices start from \u00a39 for the children\u2019s 1k, \u00a319 for the 5k and 10k events and \u00a345 for a family ticket (one adult and three children, or two adults and two children).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Literacy Trust\u2019s annual Where&#8217;s Wally?\u00a0Fun Run is back for the fourth year and it&#8217;s bigger than ever! This man of many names (Waldo in the US, Charlie in France and Holger in Danish) is ironically one of the most recognisable children\u2019s characters ever created and the charity is calling on supporters to don &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/03\/the-wheres-wally-run-is-back\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2656,10,563],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-families","category-ideas","category-inspiring-families","category-whats-on"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5495,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3212\/revisions\/5495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}