{"id":326457,"date":"2025-09-11T09:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T08:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/?p=326457"},"modified":"2025-09-11T10:37:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:37:41","slug":"c2cs-waddle-on-sea-penguin-voted-as-the-trails-favourite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/media-centre\/latest-news\/c2cs-waddle-on-sea-penguin-voted-as-the-trails-favourite\/","title":{"rendered":"c2c\u2019s Waddle-on-Sea penguin voted as the trail\u2019s favourite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local rail operator c2c Railway is delighted to reveal that its Waddle-on-Sea Marbled Penguin (by Claudia Rose), has been voted as the public\u2019s favourite!<\/p>\n

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The c2c sponsored Havens Hospices\u00a0Waddle-on-Sea art exhibition<\/a>\u00a0trail across Southend \u2013 where model penguins were installed \u00a0for the summer \u2013 was a hit, with multitudes of people enjoying the experience and fantastic artwork on show across the trail.<\/p>\n

Following the end of the six-week event, the votes have been tallied and the c2c-sponsored penguin \u2013 beautifully designed by local artist Claudia Rose \u2013 has been named as the favourite, ahead of Home Sweet Home by Jen French (second place) and Scoops by Helen Naylor (third place).<\/p>\n

To celebrate the event and allow people to enjoy the art trail, c2c created a special\u00a0reduced rail fare to help more visitors enjoy the event throughout its tenure.<\/p>\n

Vanessa Harvey, Project Manager of Waddle-on-Sea, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly grateful to c2c for their generous support throughout the summer and for being such an important part of the Waddle-on-Sea art trail.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir partnership and help with promotion have brought the trail to life for thousands of visitors, raising vital funds for local hospice care. Quite simply, the trail wouldn\u2019t have been possible without all our sponsors and partners \u2013 thank you, c2c!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To further celebrate the team that helped to create the Waddle-on-Sea event, c2c donated 20 tickets to Havens Hospices to watch Southend United beat Halifax 3-0 on Saturday (6 September) afternoon.<\/p>\n

c2c Managing Director, Rob Mullen, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were delighted to donate 20 tickets to the Havens Hospices team and the volunteers that helped make Waddle-on-Sea such a huge success. That our penguin, wonderfully designed by Claudia Rose, was voted as the favourite across the entire art trail is just incredible and I want to thank everybody that brought it to life.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a community railway, we are always delighted to see such amazing events take place on our route and we look forward to seeing what Havens come up with next year.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Havens entourage \u2013 comprised of volunteers from the c2c sponsored Waddle-on-Sea summer art trail \u2013 were greeted by c2c colleagues Lee Stanbrook (Customer Delivery Manager) and Scott Walker-Aylward (Assistant Group Station Manager).<\/p>\n

The Havens group thoroughly enjoyed the game, with Southend continuing their fine start to the season, and were taken pitch-side before kick-off for some pictures and to meet some of the players as part of a special treat from c2c and Southend United.<\/p>\n