If you want a giant poppy costume, please email paul-harding@hotmail.co.uk; instructions cost £10.00 and all proceeds go towards Paul's 'Pedal to Paris' challenge fundraising.

The 1.1 x 1.3 metre design fits most adults from 5ft 2 in to 6ft 6in or more, with a waist measurement less than 40 inches.

The visibility through the black centre is sufficient to enable wearers to wear one in a marathon... though the writer is not speaking from experience.

This picture is of a mark 1 unit; the mark 2 (visually identical) can be stored in a box 50 x 50 x 8 cm.

I am now able to supply completed kits for £70.00 plus postage.