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london1967) wrote2010-08-07 06:46 pm
london1967) wrote2010-08-07 06:46 pm
Brighton Pride 2010
Over the years I've (over)heard many people say how crap London Pride has become compared to the one in Brighton. As we had never been, it was high time to go on a fact finding trip!
Adrian suggested we re-used the costumes from 2006 and, thanks to the lovely Mike and Alex's hospitality, we had a place to go and get ready before the parade.
The day started for us with a 6 am wake-up call; we were on the train to Brighton with our bags at 7:22 am
and by the sea-side at 8 am.
Mikey very kindly picked us up at the station and drove us to the vicarage where they are staying for the week-end.
We even got a lovely cooked breakfast to fortify us for the endeavours of the day!
Shortly after breakfast it was time to get ready!
Yes the outfits are quite heavy and cumbersome and the vicar even had to move the car off the drive as we couldn't get out!
A big thank you to everyone at the vicarage for their very kind hospitality!
We then walked down to the seafront by the pier where the parade was assembling
So far so good: it was a great atmosphere somehow more relaxed than London.
We joined the parade as instructed at the end, after the police and the shit left in vast quantities by their horses, and for a while it was fun.
Then we noticed that unlike London for most of the parade there are no barricades and people would just walk in to pose for photos, getting very crowded and rather claustrophobic at times.
It didn't help that a number of people were already high on drink (and goodness knows what else!) just after midday.
Some people were really obnoxious (mainly the youngsters) and I would have happily stuck my pink feather fan where the sun doesn't shine!
After walking for what felt like hours, we finally got to Preston Park where the event was.
It was rather crowded!
Here we saw Mike and Alex again, and bumped into some other people we knew near the 'bear tent',
We didn't stay long as we were on the train back tosanity London at 4:19 pm!
So what's the verdict? Is it really better than London? I don't know about that.
If you like the 'party' yes it must be; if you hate crowds it's even worse that the event in capital. In my personal opinion there is also a higher concentration of morons too!
We are glad we went and we enjoyed it, probably more now that it is over!
Adrian suggested we re-used the costumes from 2006 and, thanks to the lovely Mike and Alex's hospitality, we had a place to go and get ready before the parade.
The day started for us with a 6 am wake-up call; we were on the train to Brighton with our bags at 7:22 am
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and by the sea-side at 8 am.
Mikey very kindly picked us up at the station and drove us to the vicarage where they are staying for the week-end.
We even got a lovely cooked breakfast to fortify us for the endeavours of the day!
Shortly after breakfast it was time to get ready!
Yes the outfits are quite heavy and cumbersome and the vicar even had to move the car off the drive as we couldn't get out!
A big thank you to everyone at the vicarage for their very kind hospitality!
We then walked down to the seafront by the pier where the parade was assembling
So far so good: it was a great atmosphere somehow more relaxed than London.
We joined the parade as instructed at the end, after the police and the shit left in vast quantities by their horses, and for a while it was fun.
Then we noticed that unlike London for most of the parade there are no barricades and people would just walk in to pose for photos, getting very crowded and rather claustrophobic at times.
It didn't help that a number of people were already high on drink (and goodness knows what else!) just after midday.
Some people were really obnoxious (mainly the youngsters) and I would have happily stuck my pink feather fan where the sun doesn't shine!
After walking for what felt like hours, we finally got to Preston Park where the event was.
It was rather crowded!
Here we saw Mike and Alex again, and bumped into some other people we knew near the 'bear tent',
We didn't stay long as we were on the train back to
So what's the verdict? Is it really better than London? I don't know about that.
If you like the 'party' yes it must be; if you hate crowds it's even worse that the event in capital. In my personal opinion there is also a higher concentration of morons too!
We are glad we went and we enjoyed it, probably more now that it is over!
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We had a very lazy Saturday night and Sunday!
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(I also like the "Big down under" green shirt in the 4th picture, not to mention the fellow wearing it, YUM!)
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It was a tea party with no tea.
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You guys look just hysterical! *more LOL*
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HUGS!
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And hugs back.
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I use my blue IKEA bags for any number of other purposes too. :)
Thank you for sharing the day with us.
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Glad you enjoyed the photos.
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And you are certainly always very welcome at our table.
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And thanks very much for the compliments, Al!
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I love you for that!
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