AN iconic figure who has been the highlight of the summer in Denbighshire reached dizzying new heights.
To celebrate the Urdd's centenary, the youth organisation placed a full-sized statue of Mr Urdd sitting on a park bench on Snowdon, next to the picturesque Llyn Llydaw.
The bench offered an opportunity for individuals, friends and family to take a seat, enjoy the view and take a selfie with Mistar Urdd, as part of a competition to win the bench for a week for a school, charity or organisation.
The imposing Grib Goch and the Wyddfa peak was the backdrop to any selfies taken in this spot, which is 1,430 feet above sea level.
It’s the highest point that Mistar Urdd has been to on earth, although he did make it to outer space in 1998 when he travelled with the Welsh Canadian astronaut Dafydd Rhys Williams to the International Space Station.
A group of year five children were amongst the first to be pictured with Mistar Urdd, as they participated in a Wyddfa trek with one of the Urdd’s outdoor service officers.
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Siân Lewis, the Urdd’s chief executive, said: “Yr Wyddfa was the perfect place to launch our Mistar Urdd selfie bench competition because we wanted one Welsh icon to meet another, and as part of our work to help safeguard the Urdd for another century we wanted to raise Urdd awareness to new audiences."
The selfie bench remained on Yr Wyddfa until the early hours of Monday, July 18.
Its next port of call is The National Library of Wales, before it will take pride of place in Team Wales House, at the Commonwealth Games, Birmingham.
The Urdd is Team Wales’ official third sector partner and Mistar Urdd is its official mascot for the games.
The bench will then return to Wales in time for a few days at the National Eisteddfod, following which the bench will go to the new Newport Indoor Market. And once it’s spent a week in a school or community in the autumn, the bench will move to its permanent location of one of the residential camps.
The Urdd is urging everyone to share their selfie moments by using #HunlunMistarUrdd on social media to be in with a chance of winning the Mistar Urdd bench for a week in the autumn.
Competition and location information, as well as further location announcements, can be found on the selfie bench webpage: www.urdd.cymru/hunlunmistarurdd
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