Come join the parade

Today was all about celebration and elation.

Our Glorious boys in Black and white would parade around the city so we could all welcome them back from Wembley.
The parade was due to start at 6.30pm at the Cockpit island and go down The Morledge, up Albert st, along Victoria street and then round Bold street, back up Full street over the island down The Morledge again and up to Pride Park.

I thought the best place to stand would be on The Morledge as we could then stay where we were and see them on the return as well.

We got there about 6.10 and the place was already heaving. We crossed over and stood on the paving in the middle of the road. At that time we were the only ones there apart from another woman with a black and white wig on who looked like she had been camping out.

The anticipation was almost unbearable as we waited for the bus to arrive. Several more hundreds of people took up their places before us and our lovely little spot became crowded. Our perfect views were gone.



As the bus approached on the horizon the crowds went wild. I was so glad to have been a part of it. The Boys were all in good spirits waving and shouting at people and cheering as they went by. DD and her friend even got sprayed by beer courtesy of Scouser Jay McEverly.

The funniest thing for me was Paul Peschisolido on the back on the bus wrapped in the Derby flag filming the whole thing on his mobile phone. When they do stuff like that you know it means something to them. Most of the players were filming it all or taking pictures which really made me proud of them.

As they turned the corner into Albert street, lots of people streamed up the street on their way to Pride Park stadium to see the big presentation. I decided that we wouldn't bother as it would make it very late to walk back home later and so I promised the children McDonalds instead. DD's friend couldn't go to PPS anyway as she had to get her little sister home.

We waited nearly an hour for them to come back the other way but we wouldn't have had it any other way. I was caught up in the moment and this would be a great memory to have in the future especially as we didn't get to go to Wembley.

We even saw my sisters walking behind the bus and my little nephew came over to say hi which is lovely as I haven't seen him since his birthday in February.

I took some little bits of video of the bus parade and someone from Ramsnet mixed them with some interview bits which really puts a lump in your throat.