THERE was plenty of fun in the sun when the second annual Picnic in the Park took place at the Countess of Chester Country Park.
Scores of people made the most of the summer sunshine and took part in a range of activities and displays at the free event, organised by the Friends of the Countess of Chester Country Park.
But there was a moment to pay a mark of respect when, at 1pm, the Picnic in the Park crowd gathered for the official opening of the #FallenfortheFallen First World War Centenary Memorial Bench.
The tape was cut by Steve Hughes of Chester's SuperTrees with a vote of thanks from Mike Farrell of the Armed Forces charity SSAFA.
The memorial bench, along with a nearly completed trail of carved poppies leading to the Upton War Memorial, are commemorating the centenary of the end of the First World War.
The bench and the poppies have been carved from a 100-year-old fallen cedar tree from Upton, which gave the project the name ‘Fallen for the Fallen’.
Also at the Picnic in the Park event was junk drumming, a Nordic walking sampler and wildlife habitat activities.
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