It turned out to be a fine day for the Cavalcade. They hold it every two years about this time in Guemene and we have been at three of them. We made our way up to Gails house at the top of town where we knew we would get a good vantage point. This is the first time we have been to her place since arriving - she is in Brisbane, Australia.
The back garden looked a bit scary. A big black animal moved quickly out of the grass. I think it was a cat!
A few stragglers making their way to the start of the parade. Visible in the distance.
A clown also.
Here they come. Clowns first.
Then a percussion group. That's Monahel, Gails neighbour on the right.
The percussion group, who I think were Spanish, stop under our window for about twenty minutes. They all had ear plugs - we didn't - it was deafening.
After them came the penguins.
Big ones and little ones.
All the floats were equipped with huge speakers which made the walls shake in the chasm outside the window.
Something about the magic of letters?
Hi Gail, there's a strange looking character trying to climb in your window!
Then came an Irish contingent. Though I'm not convinced they were Irish. There was such a din you couldn't make out voices.
and a little leprechaun!
Here's Patrick, Gails neighbour with Monahel and a friend of ours, busy working as he is a reporter for the Western France newspaper.
Here comes the king and his entourage.
The King.
And, presumably, The Queen.
Followed by a weird mob!
Darth Vader in Star Wars float.
Gay float.
Another huge speaker.
A rabbit.
And a lot of other strange creatures. Looks like a mascots convention!
This is a lolly float. You've got to admire the work that goes into it.
A spoof on the Breton characters.
The Breton flag.
Finally, The parade Princess. The whole procession goes around town three times. It started about 2pm and didn't finish until about 7pm.
Some shots taken in the centre of Guemene.
Here is Cathy hanging out of Gails upstairs window where we had watched the parade.
A few well-oiled (pseudo?) Irish revellers.
Gails back lawn looking a bit under control.
Parade dissipating.
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