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So, we have traveled extensively over the South West this year, with an addional pride in bristol to add to our list, but please lets not get ahead of ourselves, cast your mind back if you can to February when Exeter Pride took its first flight. Hosted at the Exeter Pheonix, Exeter Pride was the first of the seasons and didn’t dissapoint . With its first Parade, around 300 people walked with Pride through the City with a 50 metre rainbow flag (jointly owned by Exeter pride, Plymouth pride event and intercom) and spent the day enjoying a variety of activites and entertainment at the Phoenix. Next we had Torbay Pride with a week of events leading up to the main pride weekend hosting a veritable plethora of activities and events such as the Homophobia in Footballs awareness rasiing tournement with Intercoms Sports Outreach Worker.
Then in July we headed east to Bournemouth and caught up with Bourne Free which was bigger and better than ever with a wild west theme and their longest parade which was enjoyed by a massive croud, as was the splendid entertainment which too place this year in THE SUNSHINE!!! This year, for the first time ever, our pride tour took us to Bristol, for the city’s first Bristol Pride and what a splendid treat that was – very professionally organised and run and great fun – roll on next year if the first one was anything to go by! Cornwall Pride in August proved that they could and did top the year before - with the same format but bigger and better events and activities – and as always such a great atmosphere on the parade and throuought the day! And last but by no means least was Dorschest Love Parade which is definiately one to watch for next year – this year it was of course perfectly well formed with a lovely parade and a great day of entertainment kindly hosted by Café Jagos. Keep your eye balls peeled for news of Plymouth Pride Event later in the year! Now, those of you who regulalry read this website will know that we don’t usually gush about these events but come on – we should be very proud of all of those volunteers who give so much time and hard work to put on these events for us to enjoy – lets make sure we support them so we can continue to enjoy them next year and the year after!
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