lakelandgateway.info has this to say about this weekend's event:
A fantastic celebration of Christmas and Charles Dickens. Entertainment for all the family, with stalls, a Christmas food fayre, Queen Victoria fancy dress, parades and processions, Father Christmas and a candlelit procession.
Doesn't that sound really peaceful and cool? You won't get things like this in the big cities, not without fights and riots and such anyway. You'd probably even be hard pushed in Barrow, bunch of louts that they are over there ;)
THIS is what Christmas should be, none of that commercial "go to Argos, get rammed by push chairs and be miserable" crap, but fun and festivity. Dark nights and clear skies where you can see the stars, too.
Like all of the events in Ulverston it's very popular - basically the whole town comes out and takes part. There will be a lot of people wandering round in Victorian clothing today!
What I will be doing though is going to the Dickensian Winter Ale Festival at the Swan and getting hammered (I use the term loosely... I hate getting blind drunk). Now that's definitely no secret! As I said in an earlier article, the Swan is just my kind of pub - good real ale, a nice roaring open fire, a very un-smokey atmosphere, nice people to talk to, no loud music etc. What better way to spend a Saturday evening than having a drink and a chat in there and enjoying the adventurous flavours of the different ales. Winter ales too - the type that are dark, strong flavoured and warming. Mmmm. I could curl up just thinking about it.
Hopefully the beer will be at Dickensian prices. Ha!
Wonder if I should wear a flat cap today? :D
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