{"id":738930,"date":"2026-08-15T15:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T15:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/738930\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T15:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T15:02:10","slug":"hundreds-gather-at-doffcocker-lodge-for-solar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/738930\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds gather at Doffcocker Lodge for solar eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  More than 150 people attended the community event at Doffcocker Lodge on August 12, which was organised by Triangle Community Methodist Church.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Guests were treated to free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/26460278.awe-crowds-gather-bolton-witness-rare-partial-social-eclipse\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">eclipse glasses<\/a>, hot dogs, popcorn, sweets, chocolates, and refreshments.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>A timelapse of the solar eclipse (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Everyone who attended was also entered into a teddy bear prize draw.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for Triangle Community Methodist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/topics\/religion\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Church s<\/a>aid: &#8220;The event was a wonderful opportunity for local families, friends and members of the community to come together, enjoy the experience and share a memorable afternoon watching this spectacular astronomical event.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Triangle Community Methodist Church would like to thank everyone who attended and helped make the event such a success.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  For those who preferred to stay indoors, the eclipse was broadcast live at the Triangle Church Annexe.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A telescope was set up at the lake to capture images of the eclipse and display them on a tablet, offering another way for people to experience the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 150 people attended the community event at Doffcocker Lodge on August 12, which was organised by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-738930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}