Two neighbouring communities, Broadford, Isle of Skye and Kyle of Lochalsh joined forces to create an all-round Hallowe’en celebration weekend.
The fun started on Friday October 27 with a Recycled Halloween Party at Broadford Hall in the afternoon.
The Highland Community Waste Partnership (HCWP) with Corry Capers and Lorayne McLucas Performing Arts Academy took over the venue to have a completely recycled and reuse spook fest party.
The hall was decorated from top to bottom with hand-crafted spiders’ webs, ghosts and ghouls and homemade party snacks were gifted from families of Broadford Primary.
The HCWP reuse party kit of tumblers, plates and bunting was in use and everyone was
encouraged to bring old costumes for costume swaps or do some upcycling with community artist Robyn Sands.
There was scaley mask making with Janet Ullman of Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust and bats on sticks with Cathryne Baillie of the Bat Conservation Trust.
The afternoon saw a full itinerary of not just crafts and cakes, there was a disco, a dance performance by the dance academy and at the end a ghost story to chill the blood and set the mood before the weekend.
The event attracted over 200 people, who enjoyed a completely recycled and home-made Hallowe’en party.
On Saturday all eyes turned to the Plock, Kyle of Lochalsh, the setting for an afternoon of ghost walks at ‘The Haunting of the Plock’.
Kyle and Lochalsh Community Trust (KLCT) Ranger and event organiser Paddy Ullman-Campbell and community artist Robyn Sands spent the morning hanging skeletons and blood-spattered dummies from trees, setting ghosts across the wind-swept moor and making sure the woods were lit up with pairs of red eyes.
He was joined by the Skye Circus Skills team and Eilidh Munro and Grace Sikorski of KLCT, for the final push to make the Plock the scariest place in the Highlands for the afternoon.
The event was fully booked with 87 tickets sold for the three scheduled walks
The focus now shifts to Christmas, and plans are already brewing in both of these vibrant communities.
To find out more check out the Broadford and Strath Community company web page at
www.broadfordandstrath.org or www. www.lochalsh.uk