Banned wooden bear has found new home
A 10-foot wooden bear that was banned from the roadside because it caused a driver to crash has found a new home.
The bear, carved from a tree trunk, stood outside the now-closed Cambrian Woollen Mill on the A483 into Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, for 15 years.
However it was taken away when a woman crashed, as she feared it to be real. The bear now has a new position, as it guards the town's playing fields.
The woman told officials the wooden animal caused her to career off the road into a signpost.
Town councillor Peter James said: "It was a ridiculous decision to take him away, but he is now safely out of sight from drivers so no one else can blame him.
"He is doing what all good bears do and guarding and grazing in our fields - the children here love him."
