The boys built a massive bonfire in the field behind our house, and last night they held the firework party. As the nearest dwelling I supplied the hot chocolate, while Joy and Tommy (parents of birthday boy William) brought fishcake and chips or sausage and chips for everyone. I believe that in total they bought around £200 worth of fireworks. I use the word 'worth' loosely: in my opinion setting fire to £200 is a shocking waste of money, though I have to say that for a private firework party, this was a very good display, and that Laurence did a very good job setting them off in rapid, but safe succession at a sensible distance from the watching crowd. (I'm using 'crowd' loosely too - about two dozen of us including four generations of Thompsons.)
It is quite hard taking photos of subjects you can't quite see in the dark. Anyway, here they are:-
Do I get the impression that birthday boys William (navy anorak - 5 on November 5th) and Callum (burgundy anorak - 11 on November 5th) are not that enthusiastic?
lizdavies
As usual, we walked up to Riddlesdown and watched the displays going on all round the valley, whilst drinking our flask of coffee. Very pleasant.