Today was the first big day of the carnival kicking off with the display by the Red Arrows, slimmed down to 7 aircraft instead of the usual 9, is this part of Cameron's cuts?

 This was followed by the Carnival procession which rumbled around the town with the usual variety of floats and organisations taking part.

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some dodgy looking types in the procession.

One of the rowing club's pilot gigs pretending to be Jason's Argo, complete with Golden fleece and talking tree.

Once the procession was out of the way there came the task of starting to shift some of the tons of litter that had been dropped, Two of us did our best until our shifts were over and with the aid of the van drivers collected, bagged and removed a couple of truck loads.  it was a bit of a herculean labour and will probably take another day to get on top of. The main thing was to ensure that the worst was dealt with, broken glass being an obvious priority.

Stats: 15108 steps 6.44 miles

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