Midsummer!

Midsummer!

For the people that dont know

   

 The celebration of Midsummer's Eve was from ancient times a festival of the summer solstice. Some people believed that golden-flowered mid-summer plants, especially Calendula, and St. John's Wort, had miraculous healing powers and they therefore picked them on this night. Bonfires were lit to protect against evil spirits which were believed to roam freely when the sun was turning southwards again.

In Sweden, Mid-summer celebration originates from the time before Christianity; it was celebrated as a sacrifice time in the sign of the fertility

Thanks wikipedia.

Anyways... Every year a load of Swedes all meet up in Hyde park and have a little picnic and a bit to drink. So I went off to join my Swedish friends and get to have some fun.  

the day was alot of fun and for once I was up very early, 10 in the morning! I know - what a shock for this trainee vampire. I spent the next 8 hours sitting in the park with alot to drink, amazing food and a game of Kubb (a lawn game where you knock over wooden blocks by throwing wooden sticks at them.)

Before long I had to leave but it was a really nice day with great friends and a great start to one crazy weekend!

Full set of images will be on my site or on this LINK.