“Nearly everybody that comes through the village will stop their cars, go into their car boots and get cameras and binoculars out and stand there taking photos.
“Then when it doesn’t move after five or so minutes, they realise it’s a carving, not a real seal.”
Marvin Elliott, who carved Clyde, is already planning to make a replacement. If they do get the original one back, it means they will have one reserved.
“He asked last week if we would like him to make us a new one and we obviously said yes,” sad Mr Meadows who still hopes Clyde will be found close by, safe and sound.
