While down the lawn at the opening of Carnival Week, I brought my daughter a Slush Puppie drink from one of the food and drink wagons, could not believe the price £2.00 for a small cup !!! As we walked passed Geralds newsagents a little while later I notice that they sell Slush Puppies the same size for 69p. What a rip off ! I know now where I will go when she asks for one again.
Also the town is closed off and was told that we couldn't go any further then the Caholic Church. He said the town would be open later on this evening.
Just came back from Exeter and have been stuck in traffic along Exeter Road in Dawlish; to be told by a policeman stopping cars that there has been reports of a breifcase with a bomb in left on Dawlish train station. The police are waiting for the bomb disposial unit from Plymouth to arrive.
We saw this happen to a family near us; a clown placed a balloon into a little boys hand and asked him if he wanted it implying that it was free, as she had placed it in his hand, the boy said "yes". So then the clown then asked for a pound from his Mum. When she said no thank you the clown snatched the balloon out of the little boys hand leaving him in tears. I did hear later that these clowns ...