{"id":299470,"date":"2025-07-28T21:24:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299470\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T21:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:24:36","slug":"stanningley-picnic-in-the-park-beats-the-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299470\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanningley: Picnic in the park beats the weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Words &amp; photos by <strong>Kelvin Wakefield<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even a Sunday morning downpour couldn\u2019t put the dampeners on Stanningley\u2019s Picnic in the Park. <\/p>\n<p>The weather eventually cooperated by being warm and mostly dry. The crowds came to sit out, eat, drink, and be entertained by The Tutti Concert Band as well as The Bandstanders.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/StanPic-00-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184462\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Cllr Adele Rae (Lab, Bramley &amp; Stanningley) attended. She said: \u201cIt\u2019s great to see a good turn out and to see the space being used in a positive way. Many thanks go to the Friends of Stanningley Park group for organising this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/StanPic-001-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184463\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Cllr Kevin Ritchie echoed those sentiments and added that he\u2019d like to see more community events like this, but added: \u201cThings like this can only happen when people volunteer or lend their support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/StanPic-002-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184464\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Representatives from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsbeekeepers.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds Bee Keepers Association<\/a> hosted a stand which showed off their fascinating work. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/StanPic-010-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184472\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>They brought an observation hive, which allows you to watch honey bees in action, without disrupting them. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/StanPic-004-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184466\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>There was also a stand for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PricklePatchPudsey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pudsey\u2019s Prickle Patch<\/a> hedgehog rescue, who were there to raise awareness and funds for their new treatment facilities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/StanPic-006-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184468\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The event, which was organised by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FriendsofStanningleyPark\/?locale=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friends of Stanningley Park<\/a>, had stalls selling ice-creams and refreshments. Creative and sports activities for children were on offer too.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/StanPic-007-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184469\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The fun continued inside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StanningleyBowlsClub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stanningley Park Bowling Club<\/a>, where adults and children were encouraged to have a go, with club regulars providing tips and encouragement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/StanPic-007-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184469\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The event organiser and Friends of Stanningley Park Treasurer, Carol Hodgson, said: \u201cI\u2019m pleased that so many people have come out and grateful for all the support the volunteers have given.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/StanPic-008-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184470\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>You can stay up to date with the Friends of Stanningley Park <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FriendsofStanningleyPark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via their Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/StanPic-009-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184471\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Sponsored content<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2024-10-31-at-19.08.56-645x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164819\"  \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bramleybaths.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bramleybaths.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Words &amp; photos by Kelvin Wakefield Even a Sunday morning downpour couldn\u2019t put the dampeners on Stanningley\u2019s Picnic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-299470","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114932972511094787","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}