New Years Day

[megy]

Does anyone know of any events or stuff happening on New Years day, I am expecting it to be a quiet and boring day so would like to take my camera somewhere, weather permiting and mess about and play. Any suggestions woudl be gratefull, if anyone is aroundthe Londonarea, feel free to come along.

[GetCarter]

First Footing* in my local village if you're interested.

* everybody goes out after midnight with a bottle to all the other houses and shares a dram. It finishes on Jan 4th I'm told.

[fergusd]

Uaually you need to take some coal too ;-)

fd

[zetec]

There's the NYD parade in London, plenty opportunity to snap some cheerleaders (artistic purposes of course ), vintage automobiles and other carnival type stuff.

www.londonparade.co.uk/


edit to add link

Edited by zetec on Wednesday 27th December 23:31

[poah]

GetCarter said:

First Footing* in my local village if you're interested.

* everybody goes out after midnight with a bottle to all the other houses and shares a dram. It finishes on Jan 4th I'm told.

what no lump of coal?

[megy]

zetec said:

There's the NYD parade in London, plenty opportunity to snap some cheerleaders (artistic purposes of course ), vintage automobiles and other carnival type stuff.

Never heard of that, might have to investigate.

[GetCarter]

FD/Poah

Sorry forgot the coal. We have some in.

(Do you think when people arrive here they will bring some sunshine for my solar panels?)


Thought not.

[jason-l]

I wonder what line of latitude first footing stops at...? It's not just Scottish, we always first footed with coal & a dram in NE England too.

...anyone know the answer

[fergusd]

GetCarter said:

(Do you think when people arrive here they will bring some sunshine for my solar panels?

Being a practical nation . . . they'll bring you coal . . . it'll work at 4AM on 1st Jan . . . ;-)

[GetCarter]

jason-l said:

I wonder what line of latitude first footing stops at...? It's not just Scottish, we always first footed with coal & a dram in NE England too.

...anyone know the answer

Also happens in Cumbria - though peeps seemed to be too pi55ed to do it when I lived there.

[poah]

GetCarter said:

FD/Poah

Sorry forgot the coal. We have some in.

(Do you think when people arrive here they will bring some sunshine for my solar panels?)


Thought not.

sorry I live in Glasgow, what is sunshine?