Gordon’s golfer is tee-riffic

OOR WULLIE’S Bucket Trail follows on from the amazing success of the Wild Dolphins art trail in Aberdeen.

Not only did it prompt a tourist boom, an auction of the dolphins raised more than £530,000.

And Gordon Henry is hoping his efforts will go a fair way to making a “hole” lot more cash for the ARCHIE Foundation.

Golf-mad Gordon, 78, is a member at the Royal Aberdeen course, which staged the Scottish Open in 2014.

His Golfin’ Dolphin sculpture went down a storm with the pros taking part.

Everyone from winner Justin Rose to legend Jack Nicklaus signed it. By the time the hammer fell it had reached £55,000.

Now fans of Gordon’s work will be checking out his Bucket Trail creation, Oor Golfer.

“I was a bit late starting so I only really had a couple of weeks to get it done,” said Gordon.

“It kept me away from my beloved golf a bit and whenever my pals asked I hadd to tell them I was painting Wullie!”

Gordon’s planning a trip to Tayside to see his tee-riffic work in place. And he’s far from the only one. The Findlay family are neighbours off Gordon’s and were such big Dolphin Trail fans they visited every one.

Now, they’re planning a holiday to doo the same in Dundee.

“We happened to see Gordon painting Wullie in his garage,” explained dad Derek,rek, whose two kids Katie, 11, and Cameron, seven, are Oor Wullie daft.

“We had a glimpse but we want to see how he looks in place. So we’ve booked a short break to get round just as many as we can.

“We don’t know Dundee well, so it’ll be a fan-fantastic way to see parts we’d never have goneone to.”