No post yesterday for technical reasons, sorry. What did happen yesterday? Ah yes. There were several unexpected heavy showers of rain and one of hail. Still, there seemed to be good numbers of people around for the first day of the IWA Festival of Water at St Neots, Cambridgeshire, on the River Great Ouse. I helped out on the rope throwing activity as I did last year at Ilkeston. I also did a couple of stints serving behind the bar.
Today rain was forecast and it certainly came - on a strongish breeze. This drove the crowds away, together with most of the stall holders. I watched the F1 Grand Prix on board, returning to the festival site at 1600 to find it almost deserted save for the entertainments marquee.
This evening we went for a curry with David and Mary at the Nawab Lounge, enjoying their superb value "banquet night" meal for £12.95 each. (Starter, main, side and rice/naan.) The food was very good but the service was a bit slow. We were wanting to see the illuminated boat procession and time was running short. Fortunately we finished just in time to see the boats, some of which had been festooned with hundreds of lights.
This was one of the best.
Crowds of people looked on from the bridge as the boats winded just below it. Other boats sounded their horns and klaxons.
With precision timing, as soon as the procession was over the firework show began.
The blustery weather had been easing off during the evening; by the time of the procession the rain had stopped and the wind had died down, leading to perfect viewing conditions. The forecast tomorrow is dry, so perhaps the crowds will return.
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