River Festival

Today I ventured round all the parts of the festival I had missed out on yesterday.
Best of all was the local fire & rescue service doing a demonstration of rescuing a person from the water. Whoop!
Yesterday I had had a brass band at my back and all the deck-chairs watching them were full, but today it was a bagpipe band so all eyes were on the boys in the fast rib and the kilts weren't getting a look in.
Several iterations of the British Army were camped in St Mary's garden. These are Coldstream Guards at Waterloo but there was also a British field hospital from the American War of Independence, some navy types (perhaps Trafalgar) and some pirates, all giving really in-depth and truthful explanations about anything anyone cared to ask.
There was an area set aside to showcase all things vegan, though I had to trek miles outside that area to find a falafel because all the vegans wanted to show off plant based versions of ham, egg and chips, or pastrami or whatever. Beyond the vegan area a craft tent was showing off some cakes-that-look-like-kebabs. Please! Can we all just stop playing with food!
I caught up with the vintage cars too.
The day was sunny and gorgeous and I really fancied a pint, but the beer tent was charging silly prices and I wasn't going to venture into my perfect pub with my runny nose, so I headed home and took a test and Yay! My holiday has just been extended by another week.
Not going to the pub though.

Some believe that all is not yet lost