Yesterday started off absolutely miserably in Leicester – I am definitely not a fan of the rain – but by mid-afternoon things had brightened considerable
So I abandoned my half-tidied house (you know the point when you’ve pulled everything out of a cupboard and are in absolute despair…) and set off on my bike to the city’s Riverside Festival
The annual event offers a mixture of pretty canal boats, live entertainment, tempting food stalls, community groups and local artists selling their wares
It’s a great social event and part of the fun is wandering around, bumping into friends and acquaintances along the way (including E and C… okay, that wasn’t a coincidental meeting)
So what was the highlight of this year’s festival?
It could’ve been the crazy home-made bikes on display, it could’ve been getting a henna tattoo on my wrist (I can NEVER resist), or it could’ve been seeing a mind-boggling raccoon dog for the first time (seriously, you have to see this)
But if I’m honest, it was probably buying homemade ice-cream from an ice-cream boat…!
(E went for Lemon Meringue, I went for Top Banana)
Make, Do and Spend 
it’s not like the untidiness will up and leave if you don’t get to it right away, right? Glad you decided to go to the festival. :)
Diana xo
Looks lovely, glad it brightened up, Never seen an ice cream boat there before! x
I know – super cool (literally)
It’s terrible, but I’ve never been to Riverside festival. Every year I seem to be away and yep, this year I was yet again out of Leicester. I really do need to do my utmost to be there in 2015 (you watch – now it’ll rain next year!)
You’ll have to go – even if it rains!