The day after the Big Procession sees the Funeral of the Sardine.
On the way to see the start of the funeral we passed a great piece of debris - an abandonned shopping trolley/ bull with black bin bag and horns. It was sitting forelornly on the beach by the marina. We don't know if there was a Euro deposit to reclaim.
A better view of the sardine this year - and of the mourners! We saw the whole works! Old men in top hats and older ladies in full black kit wailing at the demise o
f a paper mache model! The widow then turned up - in drag!
f a paper mache model! The widow then turned up - in drag!We followed the procession for a while. Ahead of the sardine on wheels and the mourners was the large wreath on its own transport - yes! a shopping trolley!
Confusion reigned at when the fireworks would take place. They are part of the burning on the town beach. In practice many missed them and we only just caught them by a nifty exit from Blue Rock. Very striking - as last year - but lasting abot three minutes and with no obvious finale!
Not so much a sardine......
Opinions now differ as to whether this was pathetic meanness that will add to tourist disappointment, or a justifiable response to the credit crunch! It meant an early night though - and it was blooming cold!