Kirkcudbright buzzing as annual art and crafts trail proves a success
Kirkcudbright was buzzing over the weekend for the annual art and crafts trail.
Visitors were able to enjoy nearly 130 venues, offering everything from paintings and pictures to Lego, model railways and flowers.
And there was also music and Morris dancing to keep those on the trail entertained.
Organiser Colin Saul said: 'It was absolutely buzzing.
'We had some new things on the trail which add to the variety we normally offer anyway.
'We had Ragged Robin Morris dancers, who are drawn from all over the UK. There were about 30 of them and they did their dancing in so many different locations around the town. They went into people's gardens, halls, and the church, they were so popular.
'We had a model railway exhibition in the community centre, a lot of people specifically went along to that and they've now started their own local club. A lot of people have nostalgia because they used to own trains.
'And in the Catholic church hall we had a spectacular Lego exhibition by Steve Page, who travels the country raising funds for the RNLI.
'People were blown away by the sheer size and numbers of exhibits and some people brought along bits of Lego they no longer wanted.'
Other trail highlights including Splatter Art in the High Street, a flower festival in the parish church and an art and craft exhibition in the scout hut.
And Colin's garden experience at Greengate was hugely popular over the weekend, with the Ukefrolics adding to the fun on Saturday afternoon. Creetown Silver Band were one of the performers in Harbour Square on Sunday.
The gazebos in Soaperie Gardens were also busy – although the arrival of Storm Floris meant they weren't open on Monday.
Colin said: 'The first three days we probably had record numbers in the town.
'We had to scale it a back a bit on Monday but everyone was understanding. The storm would just have wrecked everything.
'So many people have said it is an event they come back to every year or that it was something new and the people are so friendly and welcoming – but we know that's what Kirkcudbright is like.'
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