Exmouth's Mail Trail launch event takes place on Friday May 24

It takes place at 11am, by the postbox on the Strand (outside TSB), Join the makers, sponsors, supporters, and the Hospiscare team.

This year's trail has a seaside themes like ice creams, sunbathers, boats, sea creatures, as well as some fab additions like dinosaurs, a piano, and some Royal Marines.

Each postbox topper is sponsored by local businesses and will come complete with tags sharing information about the sponsors, makers, and Hospiscare.

Organiser Claire Suttie said: "Some Fun Facts about what goes into the Woolly Postbox Toppers: 43 postboxes in Exmouth get a woolly makeover, 28 yarnbombers, with six fresh faces joining us this year, 250+ balls of yarn, 30+ crochet hooks, 25+ pairs of knitting needles, and 48 darning needles, 1500+ hours of creative crafting over 6 months of planning and administration, four days for our team of 10 volunteers to set everything up, 258 cable ties, 27 glue guns, and 20m of fishing line, Hundreds of cups of tea, coffee and stronger, plus thousands of biscuits, cakes, muffins and more and not a single swear word uttered (though some comments made a few sailors blush), and no divorces yet, just some grumbling topper widowers.

"The toppers will be up until the end of September, so there's plenty of time to admire them. This year, we're also selling postcards and maps, available online and locally."

The group has already raised over £3000 for Hospiscare, thanks to the fantastic support from the Exmouth community.

For more information, contact Clare Suttie at clare@atlas-translations.co.uk or on 07940 358688.