It was the perfect combination and one I just couldn’t resist - lights, kites, music and an open air picnic - at Feast Your Eyes at the Halo, the finale event to the Pennine Lancashire Festival of Food and Culture last Saturday evening.
With rucksacks of food we climbed the hill with crowds of others to the large scale Halo sculpture which overlooks much of Rossendale, to hear drum music beating from the marquee, see the sky a-flutter with brightly coloured kites and sit with lots of other families tucking into the picnics they had brought along. My children hadn’t brought their kites (I think they’re still tied up in knots from the last windy outing!) so they were delighted to find that there was the opportunity to make kites there.
I thought the whole evening was a lovely idea and, as it got dark, the highlight was to be the viewing of a light installation on the hillside opposite, in the shape of the constellation Pegasus, the winged horse. Unfortunately even the magical powers of this mythical creature couldn’t clear the mist which made it impossible to see; but the good news is the light feature will be there for the next month, so this family will certainly be returning at the first sign of a clear dusk.
Barbara
Here are some lovely images of Halo and the other Lancashire Panopticons on Flickr
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