From 10am until 5pm on Saturday and Sunday hundreds of people are expected to follow the trail which is lined with 45 different displays.
‘It is a good number, and is our average really,’ said organiser Sue Brooks.
The scarecrows will be judged by chief fire officer Les Britzman, who will bring a fire engine to visit today, before vintage tractors arrive tomorrow. Refreshments – including a licensed bar – will be available throughout the weekend.
Mrs Brooks said yesterday afternoon that set up was ahead of schedule and that everything was almost all ready to go.
‘It’s more or less ready, the site is prepared and we are just going around now putting all the signage out,’ she said.
The GSPCA will once again be taking part in the festival, and while this year’s design is under wraps until the festival opens later this morning, Seb Goman who is behind the GSPCA’s entry, said that she was pleased with what the team had created.
‘The Torteval Scarecrow Festival is always great fun and something we all look forward to every year. We have a wonderful team effort putting our entry together. It’s such a brilliant community event and there is always so much creativity on display,’ she said.
This year, Guernsey Victim Support and Bright Beginnings will be collecting donations in the car park, and the main nominated charities are the Priaulx Premature Baby Foundation, the Fire Service Benevolent Fund and Le Murier Village.
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