Here in not so sunny Sheff we have a brilliant Halloween festival on the Sunday before all hallows... It's called fight night and the whole of the city centre is cordoned off to traffic and becomes a pedestrian friendly zone!
Then the fun begins with rides and market stalls, Storm Troopers wander around along with giant Frankensteins and blokes sitting in baths of maggots..(wtf??), Freddy Kreuger is sat in the haunted school bus ready to scare unsuspecting members of the public as they peer in through the windows, Daleks and Cybermen..
The smell of roasting chestnuts and the laughter of giddy children thrilled with the sight of stilt walkers and jugglers. Quite awesome really.. I think it attracts well into the tens of thousands.
We had a good night and Cam coped well with the crowds.
Photo's a go go..
Even Superhero's need a break from fighting the forces of evil... Bet he's having a girly latte with vanilla syrup and whipped cream.
Cam doesn't look unduly scared does he??
Anyhoo, radioactive man landed safe and sound after his extended trip to the far north of radioactiveland... He's at the hospital next week so we'll be able to see if the treatment has worked. And to be honest he's shown no signs of turning into the Hulk yet and frankly we're a tad disappointed at this as we have many screw top jar lids that need opening in a Hulk smash kinda fashion..
Five go mad in the woods.
See, told you we went MAD!!!
Ta da, Litha power!!
Our other pooch - Mrs Wembley didn't join us in the woods as she's spent the last couple of weeks recovering from some emergency surgery. It was very touch and go as to whether she'd even survive but I'm happy to say that she's definitely on the mend now. A big thank you to my Pa and big brother who helped us out no end with trips to the vets and lifting and carrying etc.. I couldn't have done it without them.
We even had to lift her head to drink and for 4 days we thought she wouldn't walk again... But Yay she's all betters now!! This was the beginning of Oct 09
28th Oct 09 -- see how she's cleverly hinting that the light is too bright and that we need to hoover...?
And now the Halloween preparations begin, Loll will be decorating the front garden soon and they are currently gutting pumpkins, with an evil Norman Bates glint in their eyes (the kids that is - not the pumpkins...)
Then we'll be getting the tombstones out and Bob's your uncle, scary house completed!
Happy Hauntings for Halloween all you ghosties and ghoulies. xxx
