The Pilton green man festival this year was on Saturday 21 July ( it is always on a Saturday in July)
The green man festival is a charity event which benefits the community of Pilton, Barnstaple, which is where I grew up and went to school.
Pilton street, which is the high street of the borough of Pilton is closed to traffic for the event and stalls are set up to raise money for charity.
The street is decorated with bunting and flags, the whole event has a real feel good factor about it.
The parade begins in Barnstaple , were children and adults are invited to dress up and join in the fun by following the green man who leads the parade to Pilton.
The green man is an ancient symbol of nature and fertility that dates back for centuries.
There is plently of fun and entertainment for everyone, including face painting, bouncy castles and live music.
If you are visiting Barnstaple next July be sure to give the green man a visit.
I would like to thank Tina Day, Michelle Clayton and Jeremy Lamprell for allowing me to use their photographs in this post.
As always questions/comments are welcome.
Until next time
Karen
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Another lovely blog , green man day is a very popular event and always well attended come rain or shine . This year the weather has been excellent.
The weather was perfect this year, not too hot, but dry, thanks for your thoughts, as always x
As always brilliant reading karen, you are very talented. And your Welcome by the way xx
Thanks Tina, appreciate it x
Such fun colours and a great looking atmosphere. a lovely way to enjoy the outdoors. #KCACOLS
Popping back from #CountryKids, I do love those costumes.
This looks like such a fun festival! The outfits are amazing too 🙂
Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next time.
How lovely – I think events like this are brilliant as I imagine they help create a real community spirit. It’s a shame we do not have anything like this where we live #TwinklyTuesday
This is brilliant. I love to see communities brought together like this. Great shots too 📸 Thank you for linking up to #PointShoot 📸 Have a great summer 🌈
Wow lots of colour – looks like a fabulous time was has #GlobalBlogging
I LOVE the green man I’ve been there so many times! It’s a real feel good day and it’s so much fun for all the family. There’s a feeling of inclusivity you don’t get anywhere else! #KCACOLS
That looks like a fun festival. I’ve not heard of the Green Man before (but we do have a local pub called the Green Man, I’m curious now as to how it got it’s name!)
#keepingitreal
The green man is an ancient symbol of mature and fertility
This looks like a lovely day out. I love community events that bring everyone together, and even better when the sun shines. Thanks for sharing with #TriumphantTales
Sounds like a fun event and great that it is for charity! #BloggerClubUK
We were thinking of going to Devon next year for our full family holiday and this would be a great event for all of us to enjoy together.
What a fantastic event for a great cause! #GlobalBlogging
Looks a brilliant festival Thank you for linking to #Thatfridaylinky please come back next week
Hi Karen, I grew up in Exeter and often went to Barnstable and Ilfracombe, but I don’t ever think I saw this festival. I do like the feeling of community at events like this and it looks like a colourful and fun celebration.
Thank you for linking up with #keepingitreal.
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Looks like you had a great day 🙂 #keepingitreal
Love the colour that has gone into those costumes. Please could you make the images bigger on the post. Thanks #PointShoot
Returning from #CountryKids
Looks like a wonderful day for you all x
#TriumphantTales
Oh wow, what an amazing day! Thanks so much for sharing with #Blogstravaganza xx
Looks like a fab day out, the costumes look fun and bright! thanks for linking up #twinklytuesday
What a lovely festival. It looks laid back and so vibrant. It’s really nice that it’s a charity event too. It looks like you has a fun day out. Thanks for joining us for the #dreamteam 🙂
That looks like such a lovely and colourful festival! It’s great to have a tradition like that, where you can go back year after year. Looks like you all had a great day out. Thank you for sharing with us #adventurecalling
Wow! This looks amazing. I would love to go to this. Thanks you so much for sharing this post on Words on Wednesday
This looks like a great event which really benefits the local community. I’m glad you all have a good day out. Thanks for joining us on #adventurecalling, we’re back open tonight for new posts.
Looks like a great community event for all the family! Lovely that the money goes to charity. #KCACOLS
This looks like something quite similar to a local event here too. So much fun and so much the better for the sun shining! #kcacols
Looks like a fun and colorful event. #countrykids
I love a good festival and it is even better when it is close by.
Wow – it looks like everyone had a great time! We sometimes find these things difficult with all the noise and colour it can be a bit overwhelming for the kids but when it’s something regular this can help them to get used to it. Thanks for sharing! #KidsandKreativity
Looks like a great day out, love how colourful it is! Thanks again for joining in with #KidsandKreativity.
This looks absolutely lovely! So much nicer than the often stuffy parades – love the creativity – and the message such a festival carries too!