This is for Mum - she'll understand..

Just a sample of the ~5,000+ people at the old castle at Hastings for the Jack-in-the-Green festival conclusion. As you can see a beautiful sunny day, and, incidentally, the first sunny day they'd had for this in some 12 years! This is why Australians need to be invited more often.

I've seen fire-breathers before but this guy took it to a new level with his body paint. Seriously, the Jack-in-the-Green festival is the best excuse I have ever seen for all the madness in people to manifest!

A little more Jack-in-the-Green madness...

I have a feeling we're not the first people to take a photo like this...

Well we're back home now :(
I thought that it was meant to feel good to be home. I think we just want to go back.

Anyway, here's some more photos...
Someone needs to point out to the powers-that-be that Trafalgar Square is quite pretty and majestic enough without adding the evidence of failed architecture.