Saturday dawned quite cloudy but very warm, so perfect conditions for Carnival Day in the village.  At least we would not have any people with sunburn!!  It was also quite blowy.  My little visitor arrived at 8.30am and they went off to help, DH having left at 5.00am.  Coco and Gordon were a little manic together so as I was on my own I decided to let them out of their crates one at a time and then over lunch they were both in their crates having had their lunchtime treats.  They were very good and went to sleep for a couple of hours.  

The Floats were judged by Sir Richard Ranulph FitzHerbert, 9th Baronet of Tissington Hall, Ashbourne. He is also currently High Sheriff of Derbyshire and came dressed in his regalia.

We were also lucky to have several previous Carnival Queens who arrived in style on this lovely antique bus.

We also had another celebrity driving the tractor for the Carnival Queen, Attendants & Crown Bearer, one Harriet Cowan

You will probably not know her name unless you follow “Clarkson’s Farm” on Amazon when she went to help Jeremy Clarkson on the Diddly Squat Farm in Oxford to ensure that he did not make a complete mess while his Farm Manager, Kaleb Cooper, was on a speaking tour.  Harriet’s family are farmers in Derbyshire where she helps out and knows Simon who farms in our village.  Here she is in the above and below pictures with the very large Deutz-Fahr tractor

Our Carnival Queen, Ada, on the float with the Crown Bearer

The Gallopping Horses were on the Park and below The Barlow Red Barrows Display Team.  One of the Owners of one of the companies we work with used to be in the display team!

The sun had managed to come out by mid afternoon and the sky had cleared a bit which was good for the fly past.

We managed to get a fly past by this magnificent piece of history from The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.  It is the Hawker Hurricane of which there are only 12 operational ones left in the world.  One of them is the last one to enter service with the RAF and the other one they have is the last Hurricane built.  It flew over the Carnival and our home three times before heading home to RAF Coningsby in Lincoln, not far from us in Derbyshire.  

These two pictures are from past village Carnivals 

All the pictures are courtesy of Little Eaton Carnival Instagram account © to that account & All the photographers.

The Carnival itself finished at 5.00pm but then Youngest & DH had to pack up all the equipment and get it home which took quite a while.  Yesterday we all went out for dinner at one of the local pubs for Sunday Lunch and we had a lovely few hours together after a very busy week.  Tonight is the last two events; The Dog Show & Junior Football as it was far too warm last Monday to hold the events.  There are a few other events taking place in September and October to then conclude the 100 Years of Carnival.

Busy week this week with work and then The Boys are all off to Goodwood on Friday and The Girls are having a girly weekend!!!  Have a wonderful week. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx