Bridgwater Carnival is the best carnival I have ever seen. I went this year for the 5th time and I never get bored of it. We were in two minds whether to go this year as last year was a bit of a disaster.
We went in our campervan (not a big posh one - just a 27 year old Toyota HiAce) and Big J who was not as big then as he is now decided to keep us up all night because he did not fancy going to sleep, but preferred to jump around the van pulling at the curtains and playing with the cupboards and the switches. Since then, we have not dared to go away anywhere in the van to stay overnight.
However, since our trip to Devon, we discovered that Big J will sleep if he is snuggled up next to me and that it also helps to get him really tired by taking him for a long walk or a run around. You are probably thinking, "How has Little Z got to the age of 7 without LLS knowing these things?" Well, Little Z was actually quite an easy baby. She slept anytime anywhere, so I never had to consider ways of making her tired etc.
So, we decided to give it a try on the understanding that if Big J would not sleep, we would just drive home (it's only a couple of hours away).
Rather than me posting my pictures here, (they are not that great as the floats are so big, it is difficult to take good pics of them from the side of the road) click here and here to see some of the floats from last year.
The carnival lasted a good couple of hours and although we had to stand around and wait for about an hour before the floats got to us, it was worth the wait. It finished at about 10pm, so by that time of night it was getting pretty cold, but some of the floats are decorated with so many light bulbs that the heat from them can be felt as they go past which did help to warm us up a bit.
The long walk back to the van from the place where we had watched the carnival was enough to tire Big J out completely. As soon as we got to the van, he slept. Aww bless.
We went in our campervan (not a big posh one - just a 27 year old Toyota HiAce) and Big J who was not as big then as he is now decided to keep us up all night because he did not fancy going to sleep, but preferred to jump around the van pulling at the curtains and playing with the cupboards and the switches. Since then, we have not dared to go away anywhere in the van to stay overnight.
However, since our trip to Devon, we discovered that Big J will sleep if he is snuggled up next to me and that it also helps to get him really tired by taking him for a long walk or a run around. You are probably thinking, "How has Little Z got to the age of 7 without LLS knowing these things?" Well, Little Z was actually quite an easy baby. She slept anytime anywhere, so I never had to consider ways of making her tired etc.
So, we decided to give it a try on the understanding that if Big J would not sleep, we would just drive home (it's only a couple of hours away).
Rather than me posting my pictures here, (they are not that great as the floats are so big, it is difficult to take good pics of them from the side of the road) click here and here to see some of the floats from last year.
The carnival lasted a good couple of hours and although we had to stand around and wait for about an hour before the floats got to us, it was worth the wait. It finished at about 10pm, so by that time of night it was getting pretty cold, but some of the floats are decorated with so many light bulbs that the heat from them can be felt as they go past which did help to warm us up a bit.
The long walk back to the van from the place where we had watched the carnival was enough to tire Big J out completely. As soon as we got to the van, he slept. Aww bless.
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