Exploring the w i d e o p e n s p a c e with BARG

I spent Saturday running around playing games and picnicking, it was great fun.  We met up with the BARG team in the Bullring at 2pm and got things going with Hat Snap, which had us donning numbered newspaper bonnets.  We had to photograph other player’s numbers whilst trying not to get snapped ourselves, which made for some interesting situations, not to mention odd looks from passing shoppers.

Michael Grimes catches one by Moor St Station

The chasing took us down to the car park behind Curzon station, which is a great place for exploring – full of nooks and crannies and naughtily discarded sheds and terrapins to root around in.

Train from London

Fred's Hideout

The next game was The Lost Sport of Olympia, a 2500-year-old game invented by the Ancient Greeks apparently.  It consisted of a blindfolded person walking around a chalked labyrinth, with their teamates forming the walls and guiding by humming.  I had a go and it felt and sounded really weird.

Then it was picnic time.  Some packed lunches were more appetising than others.

Pigs ear picnic

After lunch we played a few more games on the grass, such as bowls. But BARG encouraged us to throw creatively.

BARG style Bowls

It was so much fun, I can’t remember the last time I spent the whole day in the great outdoors, playing and exploring.  I really regressed into feral child mode and was kind of hyper at the end of it.  So much so that I had to be calmed with a couple of pints down the pub.

Share on TwitterSave on DeliciousShare via email

About Nicky Getgood

Living and loving Digbeth.
This entry was posted in Art, culture and that and tagged , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

One Response to Exploring the w i d e o p e n s p a c e with BARG

  1. kdv says:

    A couple? hmmm…..

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>