21st December. The shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.
Every year on the winter solstice, Brighton has its Burning the Clocks festival. Last year, I got some of my friends together and bought the kits to make the willow & paper lanterns, accompanied by music and mulled wine. We joined the parade through the streets of Brighton. There was an amazing array of lanterns and ours weren’t half as creative as the regulars. The evening culminated with a huge bonfire of all the lanterns and a fantastic firework display down on the seafront. It was a wonderful and warming atmosphere in spite of the cold.
~ Spotted Cow
Wandering Cows 
Well, THAT’s a fun 🙂 Beautiful night shots too.
I shot lots of pictures but most didn’t turn out. I had lots of white burnout bits from the lights !
Hi contrast night shots – definitely difficult!