We arrived early, ready to set up our stall, which was bang
in the middle of the row of pop up gazebos.
Within an hour we were ready to go with our village fete
games – pick a lolly, play your cards right, tombola and find the cash behind
the tube station, as well as a fine assortment of homemade cakes to sell (Naomi spent all day Saturday in the kitchen baking!).
Katie checked in for the walk, and took park in the group
limbering up, with lots of dynamic stretches led off from the main stage.
Just before midday, Diva’s Jane Czyzselska called all the women
over to take part in the lesbian visibility kiss. Before we knew it dozens of
lesbians were smooching away with each other.
And then, Cheryl Baker was calling the start of the walk!
All the runners, walkers and mincers led off, on the 10k path that took them
along the riverside, South Bank, up to London Bridge, over and back down the
other side.
It was a beautiful walk and the weather was perfect. It got
a little busy in the South Bank area and Westminster – making it hard to keep
full pace throughout, but Planet London walkers returned to Vauxhall in very
respectable times indeed.
The afternoon continued with some great acts on the live
stage including lesbian bands such as Grey Matter, stand up comedians Jen
Brister and Zoe Lyons, and rounding off with members of the L Project singing It Gets
Better.
The village fete worked really well and all the stalls had
made a big effort to be fun and informative. There was a chilled party-like
atmosphere all afternoon.
Planet London is very proud to have been a part of this
event – walking and in the fete. We raised approximately £200 from the stall
and walking which will go towards helping London Friend and Pace.
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