Notting Hill Carnival 2007

Pretty crowded as usual. The massive police were operation was justified. We personally witnessed three raids in which kevlar vests were involved! Despite the presence of troublemakers the majority of the crowd were good natured.



















Chicks playing footie in Bayswater!




Related posts: Notting Hill 2005 and 2006

Brighton Pride 2007

Today was the annual Brighton Pride. Despite the city filled with "sinful" people, we were blessed with warm sunny weather throughout the day, again proving the Church of England is made up of stupid people. We later spend most of the day on the seafront, trying to catch up with 2 months worth of skin darkening sun.






















The homophobic bigots (or "godis" as one fellow commented) from the fascist vile hate group Christian Voice were protesting near the entrance to Preston Park, banging on about nonsensical scriptures and waving miniature bibles. They were pretty subdued though. Twenty of them versus 150,000 revellers? Not a chance. There were actually twice as many police to protect them...



Related posts: Brighton Pride Parade and Festival 2006

Muse to headline Isle of Wight Festival 2007

Not sure if I want to throw down £125 just to see Muse, but whatever. Tickets goes on sale on the 22nd and your £125 will get you a 3-days weekend camping pass for the 8th-10th June summer festival down in Newport.

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Notting Hill Carnival guide

Europe's biggest street festival, Notting Hill Carnival, begins tomorrow with Children's Day. And it is going to be fun (as long as the clouds hold up).



Part of the Tube network will be closed over the weekend due to 'engineering works' so expect delays and crowd. There is a rumour that airport style security detectors will be implemented in Tube stations, making the delays much worse. Visitors, best plan your journey before leaving! Download Metro onto your mobiles, but do pay attention to which part of the networks will be closed.

I will only be attending the Monday's 'adult' event. I have already cleared up my memory cards for use on my digital compact. I might nip out to Jessops to get a spare battery today (I wish it took standard AAs). So, bring some cash (personally I wouldn't bring my wallet on the day and keep spare cash in different pockets), a map and a mobile phone (although it is near useless within the parade). Do some kind of waterproof jacket, but try not to bring a full-size brolly!

Try not to get ripped off. And do enjoy yourself!

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Brighton Pride Festival 2006

Pictures of the Brighton Pride Festival at Preston Park after the parade:























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