Sunday, November 8, 2009

Wellington 5 Nov 2009

Guy Fawkes night in the capital. Over 100,000 around the harbour watching the fireworks to commemorate the English tradition of Guy Fawkes - a chap who got caught with 36 barrels of gunpowder intended to blow up the King of England

Don't see much of Guy Fawkes these day - times used to be that there was an effigy of Guy Fawkes placed on a bonfire to commemorate the occassion and people would let off fireworks.

These days its just the fireworks....