Last night Bicester Village held an event to celebrate their 10th Anniversary and they invited the whole town. It started at 7.30pm and was a carnival style thing with Jugglers, Candyfloss, Face Painting and Stilt Walkers and then a fireworks display at 9pm.

The whole thing was really well organised and the atmosphere was great. Everything was free, including refreshments, and the outlet shops were closed so that it was all about having a good time. The only thing we paid for was coffee at Carluccios but that was worth it because it's good stuff!

You'll see the results of the face painting over there on the left in the Flickr photos.

They really went to town on the fireworks, they were excellent and much better than the display the town put on in November.

We had a great time and it was refreshing to attend an event that wasn't all about making money.