Morning after the night before

26 Oct 08, 9.12am
The 'extra hour in bed' comes in handy to get up at the usual time and start clearing up after last night's festivities. The rain held off until the small hours, allowing our annual village fireworks and Halloween party to be enjoyed by the large gathering of children all dressed up for the occasion. The soup, hot dogs and pork & apple rolls lived up to their star billing. This was all good family fun in which the adults enjoyed dressing up as much as their kids. The fireworks (Fantastic Fireworks just to remind you!) were a great success too, with Canadian pyro Fred Wade, who had flown over with this wife Lynn especially for the occasion, pressing the buttons. My job was far more life-threatening, hand-firing the rockets and roman candles. Apart from a slightly singed finger, I emerged largely unscathed to a hero's welcome! That's my fireworks fun over for another year. Now it's back to the reality of the coming fortnight - helping our team get more than 100 shows out on the road and up in the sky.