HAVING started off in some style, there was something of a subdued atmosphere at the Assembly after the Manchester bombing and a planned election hustings was cancelled.
Monday’s fringe event was all a bit grey (not unlike the weather to be honest) but in this case it was thanks to the first Crossreach Grey Cake Challenge, a delightful contest between the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland – the Right Rev Dr Derek Browning, and the Moderator of the National Youth Assembly, Mr Andrew MacPherson.
The unveiling of the cakes – grey on the outside and rainbow on the inside – during the Crossreach fringe event, were to show that depression can be like grey cloud wrapped around a bright and vibrant person and that sometimes you need to cut through that grey cloud in order to release the person trapped inside.