To celebrate the Olympic Games this year The Hayling Island Scarecrow Festival has sport as the theme.

This event has been organised by the Hayling Island Bookshop for the last six years. Spot The Scarecrow Trail Sheets are available from 9am on the 28th July.

The Festival runs for two weeks until August 12th. The winners will be announced half way through on August 5th, during a free concert at Eastoke Corner featuring “scrumpy and western band” The Mangled Wurzels. The concert starts at 2pm.