Mascot

I have decided that I need a mascot. I saw a pic in the paper of a piglet with wellies yesterday that was a mascot for something or other. I want something to keep me company that I can talk to and photograph at various locations on route. I think a gnome would be too heavy to carry, a teddy would be too boring, a stick insect would upset animal rights people, a dog too likely to run off the cliff top, a stuffed rat too disgusting. I thought I would end up like Tom Hanks in Castaway with a ball ! Although there is some debate as to whether in the film it is a football (Me), basketball (Adam) or volleyball (Kim). Maybe I should take a tennis ball or a ping pong ball.