SLOW DOWN

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We all know: walking + cycling is healthy, reduces traffic congestion, and reduces carbon emissions. With the community of Huntly, Glasgow artist Jacqueline Donachie will look at opportunities for new work that is mobile, out on the streets and part of daily life. There is talk of a safe bike lane, but who knows what it would look like? Her proposition is a community cycle drawing that might show us all. Using a smart attachment for cycle wheels a ribbon of colour criss-crossing the town is created by the townsfolk and visitors. The necessary road and parking restrictions will perhaps begin a discussion about mobility and car use in our towns. This community performance is part of a wider cycling and walking festival with story walks, cycling workshops, special trips and tracks, a symposium on car-free-towns and a solstice fire on top of the hill… Slow is beautiful! Time Table (to be confirmed) Fri 19 June 8pm Festival Opening Talk Dr. Jo Vergunst/University of Aberdeen: Outdoor Access & Walking Culture The Empty Shop, Bogie Street free Sat 20 June 10am Orienteering Run Battlehill Woods free 11am Nordic Walking Course Town Square £7/£5 12pm Host — Huntly Town Collection Walk with Tim Brennan meet at Huntly Train Station free 2pm SLOW DOWN Cycle Parade Town Square free SLOW DOWN High Tea Battlehill Quarry free 5pm A See of Green — Catriona McKay Battlehill Woods free 6pm Sylvan Manoevres: Battlehill - History Walk with Tim Brennan meet at Huntly Train Station free 8pm Ceilidh with The Strathspey Fiddlers Huntly Hotel £3/£2 Sun 21 June 10am Herbal Walk with ointment making meet at Nordic Ski Center £5/£3 11am Sylvan Manoevres: Battlehill - History Walk with Tim Brennan meet at Huntly Train Station free 1 pm Biking Confidence Workshop From Ski Centre to Bin Forest £7/£5 2-6 pm SLOW DOWN Symposium: Car(e)-free Towns Ex-Servicemen's Club, Gordon Street free 8.30pm Walk Up Clashmach Hill meet Huntly Mart Car Park free 10pm Solstice Fire: bring your own sausages Clashmach Hill free All 3 Days Walking Lunch Exhibition Brander Library free All events ticket £10/£7 concessions / Family pass: £20 For more information: www.huntlyslowdown.com 01466 794494