Bridgewater Carnival at Weston Super Mare......

Not bad for a title eh!???

When our friends moved to WSM many years ago, they found out about this Carnival and we have been visiting on and off for many years since.


This time we used a new Coach Company and had to travel some way to their nearest pick up point but, heigh ho!, we were going to have a good day.  We arrived in plenty of time so managed to wander round a few shops.  Once on board the driver continued travelling round collecting folks till all the seats were filled and then we moved onto the motorway.
We stopped at the Services for a comfort break and so the drivers could change over.  Our new driver, Steve, was very good and drove us all the way to the seaside.  
We couldn't get too near the carnival route as a hefty charge of £150 for each coach was being made, and our company preferred to keep prices low without losing any of the comfort ..... we all agreed that this was a good idea.

We climbed out and walked along the front to the town centre.  
By the time we had popped into the Rock Shop and bought our rock, the rain had begun to drizzle down.  
Not deterred, we went for a coffee and hot chocolate (have you seen the Christmas Chocolate Drink at Costa!) and then started off to move up towards the Carnival route.  

It was raining quite heavily, we managed to find some suitable wool for my blankets on the way, and ended up at the The Dragon Inn for Dinner.

It was packed out, I think everyone had the same idea as us!  We managed to find a table and ordered the usual seaside Fish & Chips, delish!

While we ate our dinner and drank our drinks, the folks across the table came and went.  The first couple came from Hereford and it was their initial visit, they weren't going to let the rain spoil their trip!

The second couple had come down from South Wales and had been before.  The atmosphere in the pub was now building and you could almost feel the carnival there ........ then we decided it was time to venture out .....

The rain was coming down in sheets.

There was still a party atmosphere but a bit muter than normal.  The pavement was like a lake so we decided we would watch everything from the comfort of the coach.
By the time we had reached the coach I was exhausted and soaking wet.  
Carrying a rucksack of rain sodden goods on my back did not help!!  lol

We were the first back for which we were grateful, Steve turned off the lights so I took off my skirt and hung it over the back of a seat to dry off a bit.  

Don't worry, I had a petticoat on underneath so it looked like I had changed my skirt!  

PJ decided he wasn't that wet .....

So we watched the floats pass along the route, the rain pouring down all the time.  
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Slowly the coach filled back up as others decided to watch from the coach ......

We started for home just after 23.00hrs, stopping at the Services where I tried to dry off a bit more of my skirt, and arrived home approx 02.00hrs  - who cares what time it was..... another good night had by all!!!