fireworks and fun at the end of the day

I was a bit too quick to take the proverbial out of the French National anthem, see last post - watched the celebrations on the tele from the Eiffel Tower live and (to my horror) they played Land of Hope and Glory; toe-curdlingly embarrassing...
They did all the good stuff too, Delibes, Wagner and what have you. Though I've never heard the Ride of the Valkyrie done with such glissando nor with more plein d'émotion Ghastly.

So, hey ho for the Esperaza town party - here are variously Corrinne, Ian, Kate and Dermot, Dutch persons, fireworks. This year we were forbidden the bridge and left by the Church - health and safety a gogo -