Pleased to Remember the 5th November...

One of only a few to celebrate Bonfire Night on the actual day this year (falling on a Sunday does rather *pee on your bonfire* as the saying goes)... However, as the many journalists ranted, Hackney's celebrations rather lacked a bonfire this year, and instead revolved around a Bengali folk tale involving a tiger and a mean emperor...

Nonetheless, there was a funfair...



Sparklers...



And spectacular fireworks...



The pictures of the tiger in question didn't come out very well (you try snapping above 20,000 bescarfed individuals and see how well it comes out!) so here's one I stole earlier....


Hope you're appreciating my 'slow exposure night vision' pics... Not a wild success, but an attempt at bloggy artiness?!