Tonight Sandra arranged for a group of us to go see the Bonfire and the Fireworks at Battersea Park. It didn’t hit me until I got there that she was the only one from the south and that the rest of us had to travel from the north to get there! LOL. Well, organisers privilege as they say. Going back to Battersea Park brought back some fond memories of my first ever Guy Fawkes night as it as was actually my first bonfire night in London way back in 2004.

Apparently over 41,000 people were expected to come to Battersea Park tonight and I’d say that was a fair call. Surprisingly it wasn’t too hard getting to and from the park though we were packed in like sardines in the trains from Victoria.

We got there just in time for the bonfire. However we somehow managed to lose James and Trish within the first ten minutes of arriving. They went off to look for food and we didn’t see them for the rest of the night! Granted there were so many people in the park and on their phones that we couldn’t even get through to them on the mobile network. The bonfire was nice and huge, even though a bit of me felt a bit a twinge for the environmental impact, so I hope that wherever they ended up they enjoyed it.

The fireworks started not too long after the bonfire had burnt down though it was a bit delayed actually getting started. The fireworks of course garnered the usual oohs and aahs though at the end of it I didn’t feel THAT impressed and the display didn’t go for as long as I was expected (just over 20 minutes which I guess is still quite reasonable.) On the other hand the music that accompanied it was well chosen and suited the fireworks.

Unfortunately my expectations are so high now as I’ve seen so many now that I’ve been spoilt! Still – I could watch fireworks all day and all night irrespective of quality. Heck put a sparkler in front of me and I’m happy.

Video footage is here.