It was the weekend of (what remains of) St Neots Carnival.<\/p>\n
\t\tNow, back when I was a kid (and the world was still black and white blah, blah, blah), this used to be held on Priory park – very handy, seeing as I lived just over the road from the park – and was a long weekend full of funfairs, fast food, and bustling crowds.<\/p>\n
\t\tOf course, as kids, we used to make a bit of money afterwards by combing the ground for dropped change.<\/p>\n
\t\tThis all changed when the local council, in their wisdom, decided to change the venue to the Riverside park (lovely place, full of trees, water, ducks, swans – you get the picture), which is actually a flood plain.<\/p>\n
\t\tAs the years went on, so the carnival became less and less of what is once was – there’s no procession, very few stalls or shows – it’s basically just a funfair now.<\/p>\n
\t\tI personally believe it’s downfall came when they changed the venue – yes, I know the riverside park is more central, but there was an awesome amount of parking at priory park (and let’s face it, a mile is hardly a long way to walk).<\/p>\n
\t\tI didn’t fancy getting my feet wet by wandering around the riverside, so I stayed away…only went out twice over the weekend – quick early pint Saturday to watch the match (also won \u00a370 on the fruit machine – woo!), and yesterday I got bored so came into work for an hour (sad huh?).<\/p>\n
\t\tAnd so, on with the (shortened) week – have a good ‘un<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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