the thames festival this weekend was good fun… the south bank was buzzing with people and activities. we recognised a lot of stalls from festivals in the summer. all the venues were free as far as we could see. definitely a good day out.

enjoyed seeing the sun going down over the thames. a highlight as expected was hexstatic, ambitously creating a wall of water and projecting visuals onto it from a barge. the screen was huge and sound was played from the barge. it was good fun but in fact the technology wasn’t quite up to it. anything dark was difficult to make out on the screen and with a little breeze you could only see half to two thirds of an image… but good to be there anyway. there is something magical about projecting onto water – it suspends an image in space.

another fun thing was the river of embers. as the tide went out on the thames, lanterns, fireworks (small catherine wheel type things) and a line of fire was lit over a period of a couple of hours.

we’re going back tonight for the final fireworks (on ITV at 9:30 if you’re not in london)