Have you seen Connie the Covid-19 snake in Hucknall park?

Connie the Covid-19 snake can be found on the Green family monument in Titchfield Park and is made up of rocks and stones which have been painted and decorated by people in the area.

The snake was started by Poppy, four, and and Jessica Hodgson, one, after they saw a similar idea in Colliers Wood.

Poppy and Jessica’s mum, Jo Birkinshaw, said: “We had been hiding painted stones all around the park for weeks and enjoyed seeing them being found and photos popping up on the Notts Rocks Facebook page.

"We then went to visit Cassey the snake that had been started at Colliers Wood and Poppy decided that we should start our own snake in Hucknall.

"I invested in some high-quality acrylic paint pens at the start of lockdown and Poppy really enjoys using those among stick on gems and sharpie pen’s to express her creativity when painting rocks.

"We usually just use rocks that we come across but we like to find the rocks in Titchfield Park itself and then take it home and paint it and then return it.”

The girls started the snake with about six rocks at the Titchfield Park sign at the entrance to the park with about six stones and since then the snake has been moved onto the Green family monument and is now around 140 stones in length.

Jo said: “Poppy, Jessica and I visit every couple of days to check in, admire the new additions and tidy her up again.

"Poppy is very proud of 'her' snake and regularly goes through all of the rocks and picks out which ones are her favourite, anything with glitter or googly eyes is always a hit.

"We often also like to stand back and listen to people passing by commenting on 'what a lovely idea it is' or 'how long she is getting'.

"We put a laminated note alongside the rocks asking people to join in and not remove any of the stones, and mostly people do this well.

"It would be lovely to preserve it in some way but if not we think it might just be a nice idea to hide the rocks all around the park for people to find and take away with them, to rehide or to keep.”

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