PRIDE!!

Wow!

What a weekend!!

Pride was absolutely A-MA-ZING!

Probably the best one yet!

It was also Becca's birthday, my 3 years anniversary in Brighton and Phil's 1st Pride, so all round a brilliant excuse to get dressed up and wasted ;P

We had quite a household of people for the weekend - Jeremy (who decided he didn't want to stay and so left early Saturday), Jack, Bertie and Dany, Chris, Neil, John and my brother - as well as myself, Phil and Jordon! All good fun though. The weather let us down in the morning, with clouds and drizzle, but the crowds braved the rain and dressed to the nines anyway! Our group looked fab and a number of us were in costume; Jordon as an English Gentleman, Jack a Redcoat, Bertie and Dany as French floozies, Phil as a manga Chinese boy and myself as a Japanese Geisha. The theme this year was Pride Around The World - not the best one, but still good.

We caught the Parade at 12 on London Road just as it started and watched the floats go by while we danced under our brolleys and sipped wine and soda - how very civilised ;)

We joined the end of the Parade and marched the rest of the way to Preston Park. We then divided into groups and wandered around looking at stalls, riding the Chairaplane as is traditional for us, and then sat and chilled for a while and grabbed some food. By this point, the weather had changed for the best and the sun came out to play! We were joined by Barnaby and his entourage and much larking and drinking took place. Then it was off to the Popstarz tent for a dance!

We grooved away and took photos of eachother, drank more wine and danced some more. Eventually, we all ended up at the same tent and decided that it was time to head home for some proper grub and a rest before the festivities of the evening. Myself, Phil, Jack and Luke ended up going via the Caroline for a pint, as we'd promised Mia we would go in and say hi to her at some point during the day. It was lovley to sit down outside and chill!

Fast forward to the evening. Nice and relaxed after hot showers and some food, we sat around in the living room playing drinking games for hours. If you've never played "I have never" I thouroughly recommend it! We found out ALL sorts of strange and exciting things about eachother!

We finally headed out into the night and went on a mission for more booze, wending our way through St James' street and finally reaching the beach. Eventually, the guys decided to head to Charles Street for clubbing, but Phil and I were knackered from very little sleep over the last few nights and such an early morning. We decided to make a break for home.

Fell into bed around 5ish and watched Simpsons til we fell asleep at about 6am.

Brilliant.

There's nothing quite like Brighton Pride!