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Chapelton Scarecrow Festival 2022: Where good meets evil

The summer holidays are coming to a close, but there is still plenty of time to get outside and explore Chapelton’s annual Scarecrow Festival. Throughout the month of August, Chapelton becomes quite the community with local residents and business owners competing to see who can create the best scarecrow.

However, these are not your average scarecrows as this year, the town has been taken over by a range of heroes and villains. From the infamous Superman to Cruella De Vil, you are likely to spot all your favourite fictional characters dotted across the town.

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Event Details

Now in it’s 4th year, the festival is organised by the Cairnhill Allotments Committee in Chapelton. It helps to raise money for future community projects and events in Chapelton as well as the Cairnhill Allotments.

We recommend that you begin your journey at Hume Square. Here, you will find a map of the town to guide you through the streets where you’ll be able to spot your favourite heroes and villains.

Why not make a coffee stop at Brae Cafe or Slate and Grain along the way? Or visit the boxes at Chapelton where there are a variety of talented local businesses to browse, offering everything from tasty snacks to beautiful jewellery and homeware pieces.

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Cast your votes

Once you have had a wander around, it’s now time to vote for your favourite scarecrow – make sure to keep a note of the numbers noted on the scarecrows as these will be required when voting.

This year, you can cast multiple votes; a favourite individual entry and favourite group entry. These can be identified by the numbers attached to the scarecrow, the white numbers are for individual entries and the orange are for group entries. You will also have the option to pick the hero and villain that stood out to you the most.

All voting can be done online or via paper votes at Fits the Scoop at The Boxes at Chapelton or at the newly opened Brae Cafe located in Hume Square.

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To find out more about the Chapelton Scarecrow Festival, visit the dedicated Facebook page here.


Design Competition Launched for Chapelton of Elsick 10K

The amazing Chapelton of Elsick 10K run returns this July and we’re launching a very special competition to go with it.

We’re looking for someone to help us design the medals that will be awarded to this years’ runners. This is a great way to get involved in an event that is important to the community here in Chapelton without having to dust off your running shoes.

Whether you’re a budding young designer, a local resident, happy visitor or anything in between, we want to hear from you.

Of course a competition has to have a prize. As a winner you will receive:  

  • Your medal design produced and presented to potentially 400 race finishers
  • A £60 gift card for Slate & Grain Brasserie and Bar right here in Chapelton
  • A medal for yourself to keep
  • Plus, get the chance to signal the start of the race by blowing the horn on the day

To enter the competition, send your design to info@runchapelton.co.uk by midnight on 8th March 2020. You can make your design in specialist software or draw on paper.

Requirements: Dimensions of the medal: 60mm x 60mm, one sided. Must state ‘Chapelton of Elsick 10K’ and ‘2020’ on the medal and also include the iconic Chapelton phone box. The main colour of the medal will be silver with an option to include one or two colours of enamel (e.g. red for phone box.)


Chapelton Scarecrow Festival

Chapelton’s first ever Scarecrow Festival organised by Cairnhill Community Allotment Association was a huge success raising over £1,000 for the allotments and Alzheimer’s Scotland. Huge thanks to everyone who got involved and showed so much creativity. Here’s a round up of some of the amazing submissions.