The Queen's Barge - all the flowers came from the Queen's gardens. The Queen (85 years old) and Prince Phillip stood on the barge for the whole journey and then some - even with the cold and rain (they were covered and they did have seats/thrones to sit on...)
The barge with the church bells. The churches along the route responded to the chimes
Jack and Sam cheering the Flotilla! These are the flags they received at the airport after they signed the guest book for the Queen
The barge leading the man-powered boats
The American Indians gave their support
The Canadians gave their support (in more than 1 boat...)
The Italians (Venetians) gave their support... again more than 1 boat but this was the longest
The Commonwealth countries gave their support
The military was (very) present
Single boats
Tug boats
A boat with a pink hat...?
Ambulance boats
Fire boats...
Narrow boats (a.k.a. house boats)
The larger boats did not make it as far down as our flat but here are some as they were making their way up river before the Flotilla
It was an amazing event!! Much bigger than we expected. There were more than 1000 boats in the Flotilla and the Queen was awesome!! Over 100,000 people turned out for the event. Some camped out the night before to get a good spot. The temperatures were in the 50's and it was a very rainy day! It was wonderful!!
Hope you enjoyed!!
