With most of us all praying for torrential rain all afternoon, the Carnival gods were obviously in a sadistic mood and turned the tap off minutes before the procession was due to start. So there we were, outside the Woodman. The usual gang was there all wondering when the queue for the toilets/bar was going to die down. To be fair, the town was pretty busy; lots of interesting people, doing interesting things to look at. People-watching actually proved to be more fun than carnival-watching.

SUCK IT IN BOYS

SMILE

Unsurprisingly, the procession ended with the inevitable ambulance. I overheard someone saying something that really summed up the whole experience. I wanted to shake him by the hand, but couldn’t work out where he was. “It could’ve been worse…but not much.”

Carnival Reporter (now looking into changing career).

Editors note:
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