Thanks to everyone who came along to our fourth annual Big Lunch event in Overtoun Park on the 3rd June 2018. It was a lovely day which started with the official launch of the Ruglen Ropewalk sculpture trail and was followed by the Big Lunch in what has become the favoured location – alongside the tree lined avenue, underneath the shelter of the trees with views of the bandstand and fountain. It’s a lovely spot for a picnic with good open views for parents to keep an eye on children as they climb trees and explore this area of the park and a great spot for the live music provided by the fantastic Mairs Family Band.
The Ruglen Ropewalk launch was led by the lovely storyteller, Amanda Edmiston, who enthralled those present with the stories relating to each sculpture: the Richmond Laundry; the Pechs of Rutherglen; and Templeton’s Carpets. We handed out copies of the Ruglen Ropewalk map which has been beautifully illustrated by Rosie of Illustration Etc and features abbreviated versions of the stories written by Amanda. A copy of the map can be downloaded here.
As with any big event, it takes a big team of people to make it happen so we’d like to thank all those people who came to help us set up for the event and tidy up afterwards – we couldn’t have done it without you!
A big thanks also to: the Mairs Family Band who provided the live music; to Tesco Burnside for the donations of water, cakes and crisps; to Overtoun Park Bowling Club for very kindly giving us access to their toilets once again; to Friends of Overtoun Park for their support; to the organisers of the Christian Aid Fun Run which took place in the park at the same time and was also a great success; to Iain the tree surgeon who helped get the ropes for our parachute up in to the trees; and finally to Wendy and volunteers from R:Evolve who yarn bombed a very old bike and transformed it into a thing of beauty!
We hope everyone who came to the Big Lunch enjoyed it – hope to see you next year!