The festival in July 2000 was a follow on from the one the previous year with the village attempting to break the world record for scarecrows gathered in one place. They achieved this goal by amassing a total of 700 scarecrows and this was despite the fact that around a dozen were destroyed by vandals the night before the festival. The event was organised as a fund raising event for the local community and attracted attention in local and regional press.
We were unable to attend on the Saturday but paid a quick visit on the
Sunday when unfortunately it poured with rain. Practically
every house in the village had a scarecrow outside its front door and
a number of front gardens had scenes laid out on them. Scarecrows hung
from trees, crawled out of holes in the ground, emerged from wheelie bins,
and in one case one was shown as if trapped under the bonnet of a car.
Hats off to the locals for a great event with loads of time and thought going into the event..It will certainly become an annual trip for my family and I.
This page contains a number of images from the festival. If you click on the thumbnail images you can see bigger versions of the pictures. I also thought it might be a good idea to find some scarecrow links on the web. These can be found by following the links icon.
