A bright sunny Bank Holiday Monday - the weatherman must have forgotten that it was a Bank Holiday, as there wasn't any wind or rain. Instead just glorious sunshine all day, making it perfect for being out of doors.
Canalway Cavalcade takes place every year at Little Venice over the May Bank Holiday weekend; it's a three day event, with lots of brighly coloured boats on the canal, stalls all along the towpath and tents housing a bar, food stalls and entertainment. Organised by volunteers, under the auspices of the Inland Waterways, it attracts large crowds, with lots of children; it's an ideal even for children, as there is so much to see and do, including things like pottery and drawing. One year there was a play about a canal family performed on one of the boats, whcih was a bit different to going and seeing something at a theatre.
We had lunch on one of the baots which also acts as a restaurant; we ordered macaroni cheese, and I must say it was the nicest macaroni cheese I have tasted for a very long time. Absolutely delicious, and made even more enjoyable by being eaten sitting at a table in the sunshine on a boat with the windows open.
I was temped to get some specialty cheeses while I was there; you could try them all on the stalls and chose which flavours you wanted. At five for £10 they weren't really cheap, but they weren't expensive either, and they were all different. Some I found far too hot, but others were just tasty, likem the lemon and apple ones.
Although there were a lot of people there, it wasn't dangerously crowded; there was still room to walk along the towpath, without any danger of anyone falling into the water.
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