title The Diss Carnival 2019, Diss, Norfolk - 9th June 2019 intro Isobel's away in Ljubljana, so Nosher and the boys header over to Diss to see the carnival. It's the first time in a few years, and since last time there's been more of an effort to get things together on Diss Park, where there's a load of stuff going on. There's also some fortuitous luck with the weather, as the day before is all rain and the "Spanish Wind", whilst the day after is back to rain. However, the Sunday turns out to be the perfect day, and the crowds are out in force along with the sun. Also luckily just as soon as the boys are getting bored, what with having to wait more than 30 seconds for something to happen, Megan and the girls wander past, so at least they've got someone else to mess around with for a bit. After the carnival, we head over to Eye to catch a bit of the open gardens, fetching the G-Unit on the way. However, we don't really get to see that much as Grandad's legs are at him again, so he can't really walk anywhere. imgp0335 The bunting's out on Mere Street imgp0336 A view up Mere Street imgp0337 People mill around by the town sign imgp0338 The Market Place in Diss imgp0339 Boots and Holland & Barrett imgp0341 The boys spend their pocket money in Poundland imgp0342 The Narket Place starts to fill up imgp0345 Little dog, big dog imgp0347 Fred and Harry imgp0348 Looking back up Mere Street imgp0349 The crowds start to build up imgp0350 Spammy wanders past imgp0351 The carnival procession arrives imgp0353 The town mascot - a duck called Dinsdale imgp0356 Funky shades imgp0363 Vibe City Street Brass band march past imgp0367 An army cadet with a collecting bucket imgp0372 Even the olds get wheeled out imgp0377 An inflatable dinosaur and a green Lambourghini imgp0385 A couple of cave-people in stilts imgp0391 More cave-people posing imgp0397 Isobel's choir go by imgp0406 Invidia Voices stop for a photo imgp0415 The dude on his flowery bicycle imgp0417 A quite-convincing dinosaur works the crowds imgp0423 Blue dinosaur on Mere Street imgp0431 White Van dinosaur imgp0432 A John Deere tractor from Flax Farm trundles past imgp0436 Some children have made their own dinosaur costumes imgp0439 Harry and Fred hang around imgp0444 The Jungle Body dance/fitness group imgp0446 There's a golden streamer explosion imgp0448 There's a gorilla on the loose imgp0452 A vintage David Brown tractor imgp0455 A fake beard looks almost real imgp0457 Another David Brown tractor imgp0460 The Girl Guides wave at people imgp0465 A view from outside Boots imgp0479 There's a foam explosion imgp0485 The foam float moves along towards Mere Street imgp0490 The Blood Transfusion team on Mere Street imgp0491 Plenty of leopard-skin costumes imgp0495 A funky rainbow-covered funeral car drives past imgp0499 Some majorettes do their thing imgp0503 Harry gets a free-sweet hand-out imgp0507 A fireengine makes a lot of noise as it drives by imgp0511 The mayor of Diss, Councillor Sonia Browne imgp0512 A large crowd follows the procession to the park imgp0517 The girls trail golden ribbon around town imgp0524 We feed the children a quality tea of chips imgp0526 Megan's on the phone imgp0529 Fred, Alice and Harry outside the post office imgp0530 The market place and Market Hill are quiet again imgp0531 Dipple and Conway have got into the spirit imgp0533 A view of the park imgp0534 We check out the Mere imgp0535 Anna, Fred and Grace in the park imgp0536 A giant Fred Flintstone floats around imgp0538 Dinsdale works the crowds imgp0540 Andy Sausage serves a rozzer imgp0542 Pat 83's decorated quad bike is parked up imgp0543 Quad bike and the Mere imgp0544 There's some sort of Army Cadet presentation imgp0545 A bunch of purple ladies imgp0546 A doughnut shop, at £1.50 a pop, does a good trade imgp0547 Alice is all hair as she hurtles down the slide imgp0554 Fred boings into the air imgp0560 Harry comes out of some sort of hall of mirrors imgp0564 Fire engine kit imgp0569 The gang do some sort of Disney-themed haunted house imgp0572 Fred's in a bungee imgp0587 Fred rides a small triceratops imgp0593 Fred desperately tries to cling on to a rodeo bull imgp0601 The dino-eats-lawyer scene from Jurassic Park imgp0602 The polizei keep an eye on things imgp0603 A fire engine is opened up imgp0610 A small child tries on a rozzer's hat imgp0611 The vintage tractors are parked up imgp0614 Someone's had a garage fire on Elizabeth Way in Eye imgp0615 The G-Unit roams around Chandos House in Eye imgp0617 Fred in a WWII gun emplacement in Chandos House imgp0621 A nice cottage on Victoria Hill imgp0622 Fred roams around in a small stumpery imgp0623 Some sort of (fake?) mediaeval wall in Chandos House imgp0624 Fred and Harry imgp0625 Harry's got some candy floss imgp0626 Chandos House and garden imgp0627 Stone lettering on an old school imgp0628 A lovely old roadster on Lambseth Street imgp0632 A vintage bus stops by the equally-vintage Eye bus stop imgp0633 There's a cool old Mustang parked up on Church Street