South Leeds families covered themselves with glory (and snow) last week, by scooping most of the prizes in the inaugural Leeds Igloo Festival.
Sponsored by Leeds Green Party and local charity Playful Anywhere, the competition encouraged people across the city to get creative in the snow, and build their own igloos – with cash prizes for the best ones.
Beeston resident Danny Moran won top prize, building an incredibly ornate igloo, with internal dimensions of 5 foot width and height, in the carpark by Elland Road. He told us:
“We did sledging and built a snowman on the Thursday – but I wanted more of a challenge, and to make something for the kids to enjoy, so we made the igloo on the Friday. The kids were supposed to be helping, but they quickly got bored, so it was really just me – for 4 hours. I had to use my imagination, but it came together well, and everyone loved it!”
Congratulations also to the Chadwick family (also in Beeston), and 10 year old Ella-Lloyd Crawford in Belle Isle – who picked up two of the three runner-up prizes.
Looks amazing , well done All.
Well done ans some great imaginations what a great idea to keep the kids entertained during this low time world wide
Great fun. Well done Ed for organising it .
These igloos must have taken a lot of time and patience to make ! They all look great