There are many positives to what we do otherwise, we would not forgo our Summer weekends whilst we admittedly enviously hear of our friends socialising in a beer garden.
Ignoring the downside of missing out on the occasional beer to quench our thirst and the opportunity to air my legs and wear my favourite boardies in the sunshine we get an amazing insight into English life, community spirit and its quirks.
Over the last 2 years we have met many volunteers that have taken the time to arrange fetes from Scarecrow Festivals, Canal Festivals to Food and Drink Festivals. Add to this gatherings based around vintage cars to plane’s taxiing along a runway we have attended a host of diverse events that are organised by small committees of people with the ambition of raising money for a number of worthwhile causes.
For anyone who has tried to organise a birthday party it can be appreciated how much an effort and time people put into an event that is there to cater and entertain not just friends and family, but the wider public. Not to forget usually alongside their normal 9 to 5 job.
Admittedly ignorant to these wonderful events, my motivations in the past to attend have been low as I perceived these events as suitable only for my Dad. Is it the passing of time that is seeing me turn into my Dad or do these events have something now to offer? Before anyone says, yes I am turning into my Dad, but these events also offer fantastic family entertainment that is great value and sometimes even free and best of all on your doorstep.
Fireworks, dance acts, carnival parades, magicians to the adrenaline junkie performance of stunt motorcyclists doing impossible jumps and turns there are hidden surprises just waiting for you to find!
Keep an eye out on our facebook page for some of the local events we attend and you will be pleasantly suprised and of course come up and say hello and try one of our deliciously cooked crêpes made fresh on the spot.
