well, ive been in devon for a week - for all you non-uk dudes its kind of in the wilderness on the west coast of our country.
i stayed with my mates in a tiny market town called hatherleigh - every year they have a carnival which is basically an excuse for a 48 hour riot - 1 of the pubs satys open 36 hours - friday night is 'locals mischief night' - basically rupert (who some of u met at the chems gigs last october) turns up with a box of crow scarers, everyone gets really bladdered, plays 5 a side football in the village square at 2.00am whilst throwing crow scarers at each other, then at 3.00am they have a piano which has been modified with wheels on and they race it down the main hill baning the keys and then set fire to it (to 'ward off the evil spirits' apparently)
then at 5.00am they have a sledge whcih has 3 massive tar barrels on it and it gets set fire to and they drag it through the streets rinign a massive bell - EVERYONE who lives there comes out to watch it being pulled, its a crazy tradition:
just in fron of the marshall is a young asbo child with his hood up following the barrells - that be me!! :D
after a couple of hours slepp theres a big carnival with floats the next day which everyone from the surrounding villages turns up to watch - then they do the tar barrel pull again to a bigger audience, then its followed by fairground rides and more drinking.
simple folk and all that, but a wicked tradition and a damn fine weekend as well :D