I’ve never quite made it to the May Day event at the park, even though it’s near where I live. And with the grey skies this year raining on me and my partner on our way to limp sandwiches at St James street Costa I came close to missing it again. But my other half wanted a walk so we strolled over for a look.
When we got there to the large back field it had not long officially started but there were well over 100 people there, many with small children. We were immediately drawn to the Maypole where organisers were organising many children into holding ribbons and dancing around.
Dancing around the May Pole
Yet again I’m impressed at our community’s determination to go out and have fun no matter the weather.
It was not as busy an event as the Garden party but there was a long line of stalls around the outskirts of the field.
More fun than the Fyre Festival!
We gave the inflatable slides a miss and started at the other end. There were many food stalls which at 12:30 were already getting business.
Yay, Chips With Dips is back!
As you can imagine, we rapidly regretted the Costa limp sandwiches.
Chips with Dips is back in service with a revamped van. I hope to see them at other local events. Giggly Pig from the Farmers Market was there and many other food stalls.
Love this hot dog stall’s branding.
Speaking of dogs we were far to early for the dog fancy dress pageant but there were loads of pooches socialising. We enjoyed a happy 5 minutes watching people try and persuade their dogs around the obstacle course. Adorable unintentional comedy.
Doggie training
It was a nice community event and it was great to see the Friends of Lloyd park getting a lot of attention. Well done to all involved.
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