Market Street was packed with kids waiting to collect Swizzles...
The rock band in the big truck started playing 20 minutes before the parade began moving, and they were parked right outside our house. Lyn took it badly.
Nice truck, shame about the brewery...
The local stretched-limo company sent a gigantic pink Hummer and a couple of bar girls (Out of shot), to add a touch of slightly seedy glamour.
Second squeeze - me and Odette catch some rays.All in all a good day was had. As usual, copious amounts of Swizzles sweets were chucked into the crowd by the participants, ensuring the rapt attention of all the kids in town. Jeez I haven't been hit on the head by that many boiled sweets since watching the Tour de France.
Between the parade itself and the imminent England game, the town was quite lively all day. The "Crispy Cod" even ran out of chips, and the party atmosphere continued until about 35 minutes into the match, when a certain shot went in...
Between the parade itself and the imminent England game, the town was quite lively all day. The "Crispy Cod" even ran out of chips, and the party atmosphere continued until about 35 minutes into the match, when a certain shot went in...
In other news, Lyn's assessment day is today and preparations have been intense. We'll probably have a sigh-of-relief celebration tonight - assuming the assessment is positive, of course!
Summit talks - or at least top-of-the-staris talks. This was after Lyn, with days to go before assessment, discoverd wrinkles in her expensively mounted images. I resorted to taking photo's and left the trauma counselling to Maggie.In other news, a nice walk round Kinder Reservoir happened on Sunday, for Stewart's birthday. Eight walked, eleven ate and drank at the Sportsman in Hayfield. It was a lovely day despite the light rain. Countless times as we walked in the beautiful Derbyshire hills I was reminded that this is what I came home for. Perfect climate, beautiful countryside within walking distance from my front door, good friends and a decent pie and pint at the end of the day.
More news to follow, when the results are in. Laters.
Oooh, good luck to Lyn!
ReplyDeleteI watched the football and quite enjoyed it. Wasn't with a crazy rowdy crowd though so that probably improved things. I think everyone even managed to laugh at the goalie crawling after the ball as it slowly rolled over the line. It would've been better with sound effects a la "You've Been Framed" :-)
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Yes. As it rolled out of his hands and he made that second despairing grab, I SO wanted to help him. Oh agonising trickle. Oh sorry, sorry day. But we're English - chin up eh?
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