Saltaire Festival is back! After a hiatus of a year due to Covid (with just a few online activities last year) the Festival returned. The first weekend (last weekend) always has a very local, community feel with community markets, 'pop-up' events and residents opening their gardens for visitors. I must confess I gave the smaller gardens a miss this year. Even outside, I am wary of being in close contact with others and some of the yards are rather confined. I did, however, have a wander down the path through the allotments behind the church. It's usually out of bounds to all but the allotment holders but I do love it down there. On the strip of land between the canal and the railway, it feels like you're in the country and a million miles from the city.
At the entrance I chatted to Michael, John and Snezhina, allotment holders who were showing some of the abundant produce grown there. You get the feeling that it's a very happy collective of gardeners.
I read out of curiosity that Snezhina is originally a Bulgarian name, also found in the Ukraine and Russia. It means snow, or snowflake. So now you know.
ReplyDeleteNice to see the community spirit still lives on.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots of the bounties they have there. Glad you got a chance to photograph some of it!
ReplyDeleteThey have had a good season.
ReplyDeleteSome very luxuriant allotments; must have had plenty of farmyard manure over the years.
ReplyDeleteLovely shots.
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