It can’t have escaped the notice of many of you that this weekend is a Bank Holiday weekend in the UK. A three day weekend. Three days! THREE WHOLE DAYS! Hurrah!<\/p>\n
Of course, this August Bank Holiday weekend – the last public holiday we get until Christmas (ssh! Let’s gloss over that before we get too gloomy!) – also means something else to us West Londoners, something rather important. The Notting Hill Carnival is here again! And with a lively summer so far, and great weather forecast for the rest of the week, this year’s is surely to be one of the funnest Carnivals yet!<\/p>\n
As ever, the children’s parade is on the Sunday, and the main parade on Monday (both kick off at 9am on each day). There’s thirty-eight sound systems thrown into the mix, and the regular food and drink stalls dotted around – for all your jerk chicken and Red Strip needs – so there’s practically everything you could want, Caribbean style, to have a good time. (If you’d like to read more about the Carnival, in particular its history, see our permanent page on the Notting Hill Carnival<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Here is a great map (courtesy of Visit Britain Shop<\/a>) which shows the parade route and the sound system locations:<\/p>\n