Marden Swinging Picnic in the Park

The forth annual ‘Swing Picnic in the Park’. The venue is a village resident’s personal cricket pitch/back garden.

There was a tombola, raffle, races for the kids and many a tartan blanket. It was in every way possible the antithesis of Glastonbury.

The women on the stage went through 40 odd tunes. Including: Rule Britannia, Land of Hope and Glory and Jerusalem.

Flags were waved at the appropriate points.

The odd thing is, that although it made me cringe a bit - the picnic was a completely irony free celebration of Britishness. Which was unexpectedly enjoyable.

My normal role at events of this nature is to stand at the back muttering sarcastic comments to whoever will listen.
I tried. However the vicar didn’t seem receptive.

All in all, Milo, Debra and I had a thoroughly great time. Met some great people who I would otherwise never have spoken to and drank far to much.

It just goes to show, being a hardened urban cynic has no place in rural England.

Written by exmonkey on June 10th, 2007 with 4 comments.
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