Salute to Israel

Incredibly tiring weekend. It was Brigade's London Parade for Awards followed by the Salute to Israel parade as part of the 60th Birthday of Israel celebrations, we marched from Piccadily (near Green Park Tube station) past Piccadilly Circus to Trafalgar Square. Due to the crowds in the square we finished in Whitehall Place after which we could visit the Square which was packed.

I was with Juniors (8-11 year olds) and this is the view back over their heads:

We also had lots of parents helping out, some can be seen above, as well as uniformed staff. The route was packed with crowds (mostly supportive) and the square was just a wave of Israeli and British flags:

Unfortunately, the Parade moved slowly and most of us were dressed in shirts and sweatshirts, combined with the fact that it was an extremely warm day with direct sunshine. We insisted the children took their sweatshirts off as they are still very young and we didn't want them collapsing, in the end only two of them felt even slightly ill and they were fine, thanks to the helpers providing water and a first-aider on the scene.