Maidstone Boat Festival 1

[oldgit]

Boats come in all shapes and sizes down here

Other regulars all the way from Venice ?

Coal power....

Got to do this in several posts cos only 4 pix per post.

 

[oldgit]

MRF2

An.... the long rib of the Law.

Afternoons events started with the the Mayor and local Beauty queens for thye main event
The raft race.Where a number of minor grudge matches are settled.
The Young Farmers

Some Dalamations

Of course the rugby club

 

[oldgit]

MRF3

Er....not quite sure...

We were here first

The fight to the finish.

 

[oldgit]

MRF4?

And last and not least a mention a the lads from the EA who do take a look at this and the Thames forum every now and then....

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Excellent weekend with lots to do including two sound stages and this neat little trio outside the Bishops Palace.

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Day finished with an illuminated boat sail past and some cracking fireworks.
Thanks to all who spent the whole of last year getting this together

 

[oldgit]

PS just when you thought...some that went missing.

In no particular order.

Some of those Thames meets you could hold in a flooded phone box compared to this.

 

[AndieMac]

Great to see so many enjoying the sunshine..... They certainly are packed in there tight!