Actually I'm a couple of days early; 4 to be precise. I'm away in Zurich on the 5th November, so I and a group of others braved the cold and dodged the rain to attend a firework display in Vale at the University of Birmingham.
When we entered the site, the music was blazing and there were fire dancers dancing by the water. The actual fireworks started at 9pm and the rain held off until the display had finished.
Taking pictures of fireworks are not easy. They often turn out blurry or look like random bright dots against the night sky, rather than the amazing multicoloured pyrotechnics that it is in reality.
This time round I think they have turned out quite well. Some look like an explosion in the night sky, whilst others look like a UFO is about to land.
Without the need to celebrate Guy Fawkes we wouldn't see fireworks other than the 1st January to celebrate the start of the new year. So I am happy that we have this tradition in the UK. Happy 5th November.
