The annual event, which is Europe’s biggest free beach festival, was due to take place on Sunday, July 3. However, due to adverse weather, the event was cancelled.
Event organisers originally pushed the start time back until 12.45pm, but later confirmed the Big Paddle event would not be taking place.
Sunday 3rd July? The weather was great! What was the concern?
“Our water safety team have been monitoring the weather conditions all morning hoping that conditions would be okay.
“We have been hanging on in the hope we could go ahead, so our sincere apologies if you have already left home.
“Thank you for supporting our event and we hope to see you all next year.”
But nowhere do you explain what the issue was...
So we go to comments!
Seems the readers are as baffled as me!
Stranger and stranger...
Perhaps all the potential paddlers were too white or too straight? It being Brighton, and all.
ReplyDeletePenseivat
Couldn't this event have gone ahead anyway? Does it need permission from Brighton council or can anyone go into the sea and paddle about it they feel like doing so?
ReplyDeleteTides.
ReplyDeleteThe day before the tide was starting to come in and some climate scientist had calculated that if the water kept rising at that rate the entire beach front promenade would be under water within a day.
@Doonhammer,
ReplyDeleteOr the whole of Brighton become under water. One can only hope!