Ice Cream Day!

Last Sunday was ice cream day - or, as more commonly known, Sundae on the Common. This great initiative by Ben & Jerry's involves listening to bands and eating unlimited Ben & Jerry's ice cream. What else does one need in life?

We got there fairly early, when there were no queues and you could just walk up and get any ice cream you liked. It wasn't early enough to get a spot in the shade though.


There were so many flavours to try: Chocolate Fudge Brownie (the best!), Cookie Dough (very good), Baked Alaska (disappointingly plain), Bohemian Raspberry (worst of the day), Caramel Chew Chew (very good), Jamaican Me Crazy (not sure about the pineapple bits), Mango Berry Swirl (flavourful sorbet), Mint Choc Chunk (very good), Phish Food (chocolate ice cream, so has to be good) and Chunky Monkey (good if you like lolly banana flavouring). Yes, I did try all of those, but I admit I minimised the ratio of cone to ice cream. You could stamp a card every time you got an ice cream - and even the server was surprised at how quickly I got to 7!


The rest of the time was spent visiting the Flavour Graveyard (see right), watching toe fights, coming so disastrously last in the egg and spoon race that people clapped when I finally finished and failing to knock W off a stand with a plastic bommyknocker (although he didn't knock me off either!). The bands were mostly good, (apart from the terrible fill in band) and the sun was getting to people, so we missed Ash. We had tried to guess which way the sun would move - and we guessed wrong.

It was a wonderful way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon in London - and I will be making sure I have tickets next year too!