I won’t bore you with the details of the Gunpowder Plot – I bet you have access to Wikipedia at your end too! – but basically, in 1605 someone called Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the parliament. In celebration (or condemnation?) of his failed effort, the English set up bonfires (burning his effigies) and they also splash out on fireworks displays every year around the 5th November. By coincidence, the festival is very close to Diwali, so you can hear some sort of explosives going off everywhere for about a week.
Here are some photos from the Battersea Park fireworks display this weekend. A little technical intermezzo: I’ve found a nice way of taking these photos is to zoom my lens (i.e. twist it) while taking the picture with longer exposure – the fireworks then look as if they are coming directly at you.
Among other things at this event, I discovered the pleasure churros (Spanish doughnuts) with hot chocolate sauce; the queue for them was shorter than for burgers, plus they combine a number of elements that appeal to me: a) they’re sweet b) they’re warm c) chocolate (my favourite food) and d) cinnamon (my favourite spice). Although I have a very well developed sweet tooth, the whole plate was a little too much sweetness even for me! Next time I won’t be a greedy girl and I’ll share.
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