Ramsgate Carnival 2007

An unexpectedly sunny day, despite rainy forecasts, so a great start to Ramsgate Carnival 2007. An impressive carnival parade and a nice little funfair, perfect for younger carnivallers, meant a perfect Sunday which we decided was the day when Summer officially returned. A few pictures below - and these and a few more on Flickr (especially useful if this page loads slowly). Enjoy. (***I've removed a few pictures from the blog entry to try and speed up this page's loading time, but you can see them all on Flickr, just follow the link above***)

And if this has whetted your appetite, the Herne Bay Carnival site lists dates for all the other Carnivals coming up, including Whitstable, Margate, Herne Bay and Sandwich (among many others). Excellent.

Although we didn't see it on the way out, by the time the procession came back to Government Acre, the Mayor's bus had joined, so it was official, anyway.

Miss Ramsgate and ladies-in-waiting did their stuff beautifully of course, soon to be followed by the representatives of many other Kentish towns and districts.

Miss Romney Hythe and Dymchurch looked a bit like a locomotive to me, but it was my first carnival...

A man rather hidden by his bundle of balloons...

This slightly ragged crew seemed to be something to do with the Twinning Association...

And Christmas comes early for the British Legion . . .

The little ones loved the pinkness of this one...

And a couple of stretch limos promoting the virtues of... er... stretch limos...

Not sure it's the right way to treat a car, but it looked quite cool...

Apparently Miss Sheppey must not be crossed, according to the notice on the towbar anyway... is she really that fierce?

And we all agreed this one was particularly a good float...

And then we went home.