IN PICTURES: Weekend highlights

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Here is a selection of pictures taken by our snappers over the weekend at events in the area:

1. More than 100 swimmers have taken part in a charity event that was held at Dorney Lake on Sunday in aid of Mencap.
While swimmers took part in the challenge, spectators were entertained by welly throwing and a giant jenga and connect four game.

2. A record number of families have attended this year's Maidenhead at the Movies.
Thousands of film lovers enjoyed the open-air three-day film festival that kicked off on Friday with Ice Age 3.
James Cameron's epic science-fiction Avatar was also shown on a giant outdoor screen on Saturday afternoon.

3. Horticultural judges were inspecting flowers and plants in Bray on Saturday.
The experts from the Royal Horticulture Society (RHS) were judging the Britain in Bloom competition that has been entered by the Bray Enhancement Committee.
Judges John Alcock and Helen Tranter arrived in Bray at about 11am. They inspected the conservation area of Bray for about one hour.

4. Office surroundings were ditched for the day when employees from Capita Resourcing descended on a football pitch to raise money for charity.
The company held a five-a-side tournament at Slough's Power League in Ragstone Road on Saturday.
It was in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
A number of businesses and teams in the area were invited to come and take part.

5. Hundreds of soldiers at Windsor's Victoria Barracks are gearing up to fight in Afghanistan this September.
About 400 troops were invited to attend an information and family day at the barracks in Sheet Street on Saturday.
Parents and wives were told what soldiers would be doing in Afghanistan and were given advice about the support available to them during the six-month tour.

6. Gardening tools have been engraved with owners details to deter thieves from stealing them.
PCSO Oli Woodland for Clewer, Dedworth and Oakley Green, held the session at Maidenhead Road allotments on Sunday.
The scheme has been introduced following a number of allotment shed burglaries, where garden equipment has been stolen.

7. Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, officially opened a new tearoom in Langley Park on Sunday.
The celebration includes fire juggling and sword and swallowing performances.

8. Children’s musical Aesop’s Fables were performed on an outdoor stage in Windsor's riverside park on Saturday.
As part of the Windsor Globe outdoor theatre festival, the show was put on for families in Alexandra Gardens. The organisation has also been showing Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew in the setting.

For more photos, see this week's Advertiser and Express.