We could see everything exceptionally well, except perhaps for the queens and princesses. They were all in "enclosures". At home we stick them on the back of a convertible. But my best guess is that English parades have a better chance of being rained on, so it makes good sense to put your queens and princesses under cover. I ended up not photographing that many of them because the quality of the shots was relatively poor. Every neighboring village was represented by a queen and each queen had a court that included somewhere between one and six princesses.
It was all good - sometimes it's more fun to watch the little kids watching the parade than watching the parade itself. We thought it was over because there was a 10 minute or more gap. And then the parade resumed. But it was pretty easy to see what had happened. One of the vehicles pulling a float with teenagers and loud music had obviously had some mechanical issues. And no one could or would go around them so it held up the entire parade. But they were able to pull into the bus stop in front of our flat so that the others could get past them and they could get mechanical help.
That may have been a major embarrassment for the guy who owned the car. Or maybe he didn't really want the job of pulling the float and decided to stage a series of breakdowns so they won't ask him next year. I rather wished they'd chosen another place to pull over, because I didn't care for the music plus it was loud and really close. And since "air conditioning" was dependent on those balcony doors being open, we just had to listen because closing the doors wasn't a good option.
But it was a beautiful day for a parade!
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