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In pictures: Cardboard pier and food festival fun

News imagePaul Blakemore/Super Culture People jumping and walking around lots of cardboard. One woman in the centre of the photo is smiling and jumping up with her arms in the air. Paul Blakemore/Super Culture
Hundreds of people helped to build and later squash a cardboard pier art piece in Weston-super-Mare

Work took place on two piers - albeit, only one which was real - in Weston-super-Mare this week.

Congratulations are in order for one man in Gloucestershire who grew a world record-breaking giant cucumber.

And the first signs of autumn are starting to show across the county as we enter the final few months of the year.

Here's a round-up of some of the best photographs from across the West this week.

Bristol

News imageA red mural depicting seven football players wearing Bristol City kits. The players are painted in black and white and their shirts and in colour. There is yellow and white lettering also on the mural.

The red wall: Finished in time for this season, there is a new mural towering over Bristol City fans as they walk the final few yards to Ashton Gate for home games. Co-ordinated by art4fans.uk, it evokes defensive heroes of the club's past and was made by local artists Inkie and Jody, among others.

News imageKirstie Young Two young children standing at a tabletop covered in several dough balls. One is looking down at the dough, while the other is looking straight ahead.Kirstie Young

Cooking up a storm: FŌDA, a "Festival of Food Ideas", brought together independent food and drink producers and gave youngsters a chance to try their hand at cooking. It was headed up by Josh Eggleton from the Pony Chew Valley, with Team Canteen.

News imageDHM Photography A pier and a tall tower made out of cardboard near the coast. A real pier can be seen in the distance, heading out into the sea.DHM Photography

Picture pier-fect: A giant cardboard pier - based on Birnbeck Pier, which can be seen in the background - was created by hundreds of volunteers using 2,000 boxes and 23.6 miles of sticky tape. It eventually fell victim to strong coastal winds and was squashed and recycled.

News imageGiulia Spadafora An orchestra is playing on stage at the Bristol Beacon, with audience members visible in front of the musicians and also behind them in elevated seating above the stage.Giulia Spadafora

Play on: Classical music fans gathered at the Bristol Beacon on Thursday night as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra launched its performance cycle of Beethoven's Symphonies, under the title Road to Joy!

News imageA group of people all wearing high visibility jackets and hard hats walking along part of a pier which is under construction.

Good progress: Restoration work is well under way on Birnbeck Pier. A quarter of the Grade II* listed structure is now complete, with the remainder of the project on course to be completed by next year.

News imageGetty Images A man playing padel. He is holding the racket and aiming for the yellow ball. He has short white hair, a white headband, glasses with white frames and a white kit on. His T-shirt has a blue LTA Padel Tour logo on the front. He is looking to the side with his eyebrows raised and his mouth open.Getty Images

Time to play: The National Padel Championships took place in Bristol this week and brought together the country's leading players as they competed against each other for the coveted title.

Gloucestershire

News imageA man wearing a brown hat, a brown waistcoat and a light brown long-sleeved shirt. He is holding his award-winning cucumber which is yellow is colour. He is clutching it to his body with one hand and smiling at the camera.

Record-breaking: Graham Barratt from Gloucestershire won in the longest cucumber category at the National Giant Vegetables Championship with a plant measuring a whopping 7.598m (24.6 feet).

News imageGetty Images A mixture of people, some of them wearing red and white striped Gloucester shirts, walk towards Kingsholm Stadium, the stands of which are visible in the distance.Getty Images

Gameday: Gloucester fans who headed to Kingsholm on Saturday were rewarded by an emphatic win - a 48-0 thumping of Harlequins.

News imageWeather Watchers/Cotswold Bob A foggy landscape in Gloucestershire. There is a gate at the entrance of a field, which has a tree in the middle of it. In the distance there is a hill and lots of trees. The sun is rising in the sky, casting a yellow glow above the trees.Weather Watchers/Cotswold Bob

Misty morning: Signs of autumn are starting to appear, with more misty mornings - like this one captured by Weather Watcher Cotswold Bob - inevitably on the way.

News imageEPA/Shutterstock A US B-1 Lancer bomber is seen through security fencing at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. The plane is large and dark grey.EPA/Shutterstock

Preparing for take-off: The US air force's planes carried on taking off from RAF Fairford as a major incident was declared and a major counter-terrorism probe was launched.

News imageA man is standing under a sign that reads "Welcome to the Dowty Dojo". People in karate uniforms can be seen behind him, while others watch. The man in the foreground of the photo has white hair, a beard and glasses. He is smiling at the camera.

The end of an era: A final evening of events was held on Thursday at Dowty Sports and Social Club in Gloucester before the venue closed its doors for the final time after 66 years.

Somerset

News imageGareth Iwan Jones/PA Media A woman with blonde hair and a blue top standing outside a florist holding a scratchcard. She is looking at the camera and smiling.Gareth Iwan Jones/PA Media

Huge win: Kate Daven-Thomas, who works at a florist in Minehead, won £300,000 on a National Lottery Cashword Extra Scratchcard.

News imageWeather Watchers/Mike Jefferies A foggy photo of the landscape in Glastonbury. The foreground of the image shows some water, a grassy bank and a gate. Glastonbury Tor can be seen in the distance. The sky has a yellow tone to it as the sun rises. Weather Watchers/Mike Jefferies

Golden Glastonbury: There were more foggy scenes across Somerset too this week, with Glastonbury Tor peeking up in the sky in front of the sunrise.

News imageBristol Water Several people running in a charity run. They are all wearing running gear - including shorts, T-shirts and labels with numbers on - and are working their way down a path lined by grass.Bristol Water

Reservoir run: More than 200 amateur runners took part in a run beside Chew Valley Lake to raise money for Bristol Children's Hospital.

News imageWeather Watchers/Nutkin Two sheep on a hill in Somerset. They are both white with black faces. Weather Watchers/Nutkin

Baaa-sking in the sun: Weather Watcher Nutkin captured a shot of these woolly sheep wandering on a hillside in Somerset

Wiltshire

News imageLongleat Two porcupines. They are black and white and covered in spikes. They have whiskers, brown beady eyes and big pink noses. Longleat

Love at first spike: Keepers introduced porcupines Gus and Pumpkin to each other at Longleat earlier this week. It is hoped the pair will bring porcupettes to the park in the future.

News imageGetty Images Salisbury Cathedral. The building is tall and beige with lots of intricate details and windows. Getty Images

Stunning: Getty photographer Finnbarr Webster took this lovely picture of the west front of Salisbury Cathedral as the sun was setting earlier this week.

News imageGetty Images Several horse riders in a race. The horses are all brown and the horse riders are all wearing kit in either blue, red or white.Getty Images

On your marks: Callum Hutchinson riding Gran Dia (blue) won The Salisbury Annual Badgeholders "Bluestocking" British EBF Novice Stakes at Salisbury Racecourse on Thursday.

News imageA drone shot of a chalk white horse facing to the right. It sits on a grassy hillside, in a fenced off section. The horse is glowing white except for a section which needs cleaning still.

Time for a refresh: The Millenium White Horse in the Roundway Down area of Devizes is being re-chalked by a group of volunteers.

News imageAn outdoor light installation. There are thousands of different-coloured lights on the ground and the silhouette of trees can be seen in the distance.

Moments of Light: Dorothy House is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a special light installation created by artist Bruce Munro. The charity said it was "a space for reflection, remembrance and connection".

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