Guy Fawkes

I only got to celebrate guy fawkes once when I was 7 - we were in stoke-on-trent for a while .... I am glad you enjoyed it, I bet the jacket potato was delicious too

Hi Cal, I love your blog! I stopped by as I notice you too were blogging about Bonfire night! I live in a place called Caerphilly, The castle here has a fantastic display every year. I love the smell of fireworks too....Though, not as much as the smell of jacket potatoes ;-)

Oh how sad that your batteries had died. I'm sure the photos would have been great!

Ok, What is Guy fawlkes day? It has been raining hard here for three days, and the wind just stopped today! It has been really nasty and dark out, and I LOVE IT!

Thanks, Karen, and the jacket potato was delicious!

Thanks, Kathryn, glad you like the blog. The fireworks might be over for the year but at least there are still jacket potatos to be had ;)

I was really looking forward to trying out the camera properly, Brenda :( That will teach me to keep the batteries charged!

Guy Fawkes goes back to 1605, Mary Lou, when Catholics were persecuted in this country and a group set about blowing up the Houses of Parliament to kill James I and set up his daughter as a puppet queen. The plot was betrayed and when a search of the cellars of the Houses of Parliament was made Guy Fawkes one of the group was caught about to set off the gunpowder. The whole fireworks thing started as a celebration of the fact that they were stopped and a traditional part is to make a guy and burn it on a bonfire. Hope your weather stays better for you. We have actually had some sunshine here the last day or two!

Too bad your batteries died, would loved seeing pictures of the event. I'm glad you had a great evening

Hopefully that will make me keep some ready charged, Tine! We did have a great time, thanks :)