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your thoughts on the river pageant?

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liveinazoo · 03/06/2012 18:18

it was fitting it rained...proper british weather!

the choir above the royal philamonic orchestra mustve been wet throgh to their pants and still sung their hearts out

the queen manages stand throughout,thats dedication!

wonder if shes itching for a cuppa

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liveinazoo · 03/06/2012 18:27

anybody?

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gazzalw · 03/06/2012 18:58

we were in Battersea Park and it was a bit of a damp squib really.....sorry but it was - disappointing unless lucky enough to have got
Riverside position....

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liveinazoo · 03/06/2012 19:00

thats a shame gazzalw

are you getting involved anything else before wednesday?

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SkinnyVanillaLatte · 03/06/2012 19:03

I thoroughly enjoyed it!

I hope Her Majesty is now having a nice sit down with a cuppa and her slippers on.

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liveinazoo · 03/06/2012 19:11

i can just imagine her getting in and kicking off the heels with a
"phillip,put the kettle on dear and pour us a brew!"GrinCrownGrin

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Shinyshoes1 · 03/06/2012 19:14

I'll be having a double G&T if u were her Maj . I wouldn't mak my nan stand for that long in the cold and rain I'll be wrapping her up in a blanket with a hit water bottle . Grin

Yes all a bit Meh ! Til the philharmonic orchestra came in singing and shivering at the same time .

Glad I never went now , afaic I had the best seat in the house and a large voddie and orange .

She looked as though she enjoyed it though even if the youngsters looked a bit bored .

Kate looked lovely

Shinyshoes1 · 03/06/2012 19:15

Can I just add it all looked rather messy with bots just going wherever they liked by the looks if it . No choreography and the fireworks were rubbish

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liveinazoo · 03/06/2012 19:17

ha ha
i think the undercurrents in the thames determine where boats ended up
agreew ith the hot water bottle/blanket

im not an ardent royalist but ds informing me she only the 2nd monarch to ever reach 60years is pretty cool and i will never see another diamond jbilee in my lifetime

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gazzalw · 03/06/2012 19:19

It just seemed a bit chaotic, and the flotilla didn't seem to follow the official route that had been highlighted.... - no was there slightly under duress but hey..... but we enjoyed the vino and beers in the pub afterwards Grin!

Glad we passed on the Wallace and Gromit spectacle tomorrow though....

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liveinazoo · 03/06/2012 19:21

wallace and gromit spectacle?

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mellowcat · 03/06/2012 19:22

I thought it was great...especially loved the ending when they all started bopping to the music.

Ponders · 03/06/2012 19:24

I hope the Queen had her thermals on (& that maybe there was a fan heater on the floor by her feet!). Her white outfit was genius, you could see her from the other side of the river.

currents were minimised by them closing the barrier apparently. I noticed at the end that 3 narrowboats which had sailed together hours before were still together (Merseyside, B'ham & one other). I think it was just the tiny boats that milled around.

I wouldn't have wanted to be in a kayak Grin

the orchestra & choir at the end (esp the smiley choir, in the rain!) were just fabulous Grin

EmpireBiscuit · 03/06/2012 19:25

I loved it :) glad I was wrapped up on the couch at home though, poor queenie must have been freeezing!

Ponders · 03/06/2012 19:26

oh yes, that sailor's hornpipe (?) was inspired, you can't listen to it & not jig about!

Incaminka · 03/06/2012 19:29

I thought it was great fun but inane inept coverage. Why didn't they do what they do with the grand national or crufts and prepare lots of backstories/profiles for some of the boats/ personalities involved? Then they could,have used them as and when/if needed instead of partisan rubbish celeb discourse...

Ponders · 03/06/2012 19:30

& Joey the war horse was fantastic!!!

Ponders · 03/06/2012 19:32

yes, we said that, Incaminka.

The BBC coverage was so bad we switched to Sky; they still didn't have any interesting information Hmm but were much less banal and had a reporter out in one of the boats.

MoonHare · 03/06/2012 19:39

Yawn. I guess it's the classic 'you had to be there', it just went on and on and on.....

And I felt cold just watching.

ScoopThePoop · 03/06/2012 19:50

Watched it on telly, with OH passing by every so often asking if I was still watching it.
Err, yes, but I did have forty winks halfway through.
I thought there'd be load more boats.
Funny to see London all wet and us up here with rays of sunshine.

Incaminka · 03/06/2012 20:16

Ponders, totally agree about Joey. And Kate's outfit spot on, think Camilla could have tried a colour further away from the Queen's! But it wqs pretty special - we had friends moored by Tower Bridge and they had a great time. We were at home with bbc, unfortunately.

yellowraincoat · 03/06/2012 20:18

Was on London Bridge, couldn't see a thing. It was boring. Thought there were gonna be loads of lovely boats, not just a couple of kayakers.

OliviaL · 03/06/2012 20:21

Loved it. Watched from Victoria Embankment. Saw very little but enjoyed the atmosphere and got a kick out of my three year old frantically waving a Union Jack.

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FashionEaster · 03/06/2012 20:25

Loved it from the cosy warmth of home. Not something I would have taken the dcs to on my own to see in this weather, as we now live quite a number of hours away, although I remember seeing EII in her gold Jubilee coach in '77 for all of 4 seconds!

Wonder how many are now going to book to see War Horse?

Ponders · 03/06/2012 21:44

\link{\the National Theatre bit with Joey on the roof}

marvellous!