[Gayle]

Well I just want to say thank you to those that put the hard work and time in to make it happen.

I know just how hard it is to organise an event and this one had a lot of complexity with road closures, fairgrounds, community groups, activities, showcases, celebs etc. so you did a fantastic job.

There will always be negativity and people who will say it could have been done better/differently but those people will rarely get off their backside to help out and they often don't know what restrictions or costs are involved.

The Civic put forward a walking group in the procession. It was our first foray into this and we've already discussed how we can improve on what we did for next time. Next time we'll be in it to win it, lol.

My children and all the others that joined us had a good time. We got drenched but it didn't matter. We've already had some phonecalls from the 100s of leaflets we handed out so that was a success.

All in all I would say that it was a good event that you can be proud of.