The Heather Scarecrow Festival 2018 is in full swing until the 5th August, so we took a trip along this evening to see this year’s entries. To those not familiar with it, the little village of Heather in Leicestershire is now celebrating the 20th anniversary of the scarecrow festival, where various local residents make scarecrows,…
The 2017 Heather Scarecrow Festival has been ongoing in the Leicestershire village, and as normal, the residents have produced some fantastic scarecrows to entertain those who come to visit each summer. I’ve added some photos before of the 2014, 2015 and 2016 events, so here are some of this year’s entries. There always seem to be…
I took a trip to the 2016 Heather Scarecrow Festival today, just in time before the week long display of locally made scarecrows came to an end. I have written before about the 2014 and the 2015 events, and this year was another superb crop of crows. It is the 18th running of the festival…
Today sees the end of the 2015 Heather Scarecrow Festival, so I went along yesterday to look at this year’s collection of displays. For those not familiar with the event, the villagers of Heather in North West Leicestershire fill their gardens with homemade scarecrows, whilst visitors can go on a hunt for them around the…
The village of Heather is a pleasant place in North West Leicestershire, and dates back to the Doomsday Book on 1086, when it was recorded as Hadre, or The Heathland. These days, you might know it for its pubs and live music – very good considering a population of just under 1000 – or at…