Remember, remember the 5th of November

The sky is ablaze with fireworks, and pyromaniacal Brits are stoking bonfires with anything vaguely flammable—it's Bonfire weekend!
The 5th of November 2005 marks the four hundredth anniversary of the Gunpowder plot. For reasons not entirely clear to us, the anniversary of a failed 17th century coup, lead by Guido (Guy) Fawkes, has now become a national holiday celebrated with bonfires, fireworks and food. We have just celebrated this with our new neighbours by contributing our own little bit to global warming...building a bonfire (complete with TWO 'Guys') and setting off fireworks in the fields just behind our street. What a great night...thanks for the invitation Speckled Wood road!