Festival Parade 2012
The colourful Festival Parade left The Square, Barnstaple at 11am on Saturday 21st July and, led by the Town Crier and the Samba Band, proceeded along Barnstaple High Street, across Pilton Causeway and up Pilton Street to Pilton House and Rotary Gardens. The insistent, foot-tapping beat of the Samba Band could be heard well before the Parade reached Pilton Street at 11.45am, in time for the first Festival Pageant which took place in the grounds of Pilton House at 12 noon.