Andrew Dobbie and Danny Campbell are flying from Edinburgh Airport to Boston with the now-iconic 'No Boston No Party' cone, which celebrates the friendship between the two cities. The cone, originally placed on the Duke of Wellington statue's head in Glasgow, has been signed by the Chief Executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, Stuart Patrick, reports Edinburgh Live.
Cone to be signed by US officials
Once in America, the cone will be signed by Governor of Massachusetts Maura Healey and Mayor of Boston Michelle Wu, who welcomed Scottish fans during the World Cup. The cone is to be given as a 'gift to the city'.
Mayor Wu said: "I'm being told that there is an official.... gift, repatriating the cone that is on the Duke of Wellington's horse that says 'Boston' on it is being officially flown back as a gift to the city of Boston. So we will receive that very soon."
Social media invitation
Andrew explained to his 13.6k Instagram followers that he and BBC Scotland's Home of the Year presenter Danny Campbell were invited back Stateside for an adventure with the cone. He said: "I can finally tell you the news that I've been dying to tell you all that both the Mayor of Boston and the Governor of Massachusetts have invited myself and Danny Campbell over with the Boston cone. We'll be flying next week all the way over to Boston to visit you all, and we're going to be taking the cone on a tour of all your favourite spots... tell us where we should take the cone!"
Origin of the cone
On the Boston Cone website, Andrew and Danny said: "It all started with a bit of fun during the World Cup, with Andrew Dobbie, having the ultimate FOMO for not being there to party while everyone was having fun in Boston with the Scotland Tartan Army. So back in Scotland, he took a traffic cone and had it emblazoned with the word BOSTON on it, and along with some friends, placed it on the Duke of Wellington statue's head in Glasgow to celebrate the twinning of our two cities."
Millions of views later, it's ending with us flying to Boston with its successor: a hand-illustrated 'No Boston No Party' cone, covered in motifs from both cities by Glasgow artist Rob Johnson, already signed by the Chief Executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, Stuart Patrick, and heading over to be signed by the Governor of Massachusetts and the Mayor of Boston.
