Tall Ships are coming!

[tvordlj]

They start arriving on the 16th and the Parade of Sail is Monday 20th. I'm taking the day off to go watch it and hoping the weather is going to cooperate. There was an email at work offering a cruise on one of the ships, the left one in this photo. HRM social committee has booked it for an employee cruise for $25 for noon on the Saturday. I am SO signing up for that! Music, door prizes and a 1.5 hour harbour cruise! W00t! She's called Liana's Ransom, a two masted schooner, and i think might be based in Halifax. Anyway, i'm excited about that!

Down the country yesterday to my aunt and uncle's cottage. Saw bits of blue sky now and then but mostly we were huddled on the deck wrapped in jackets! A few photos over on Facebook. We went down to wish my uncle a Happy Birthday though the actual day is today. It's also my dad's birthday (twins) so there were lots of stories to tell.

This weekend is the Highland Games and Scottish Festival. Haven't decided yet if i'll go or not but if the weather is as nice as last year i probably will. Might not stay as long as i did last year though. I wanted to see the caber tossing but it was nearly 6 o'clock by the time that happened. If i go, i might get there later in the afternoon instead of noon but going at noon, you get the opening ceremonies and the massed pipe bands which is very cool if you like bagpipes. Which i do. Play it by ear.

Comments

[sammantha.livejournal.com]

I am sooo jealous that you get to go on that tall ship..can you bring a guest?? hehehe

[tvor.livejournal.com]

I don't think so, there is limited seating and there are a lot of employees. You can always go out yourself on the Mar or the Silva though.

[sparklielizard.livejournal.com]

Wow at getting the chance to go on one of the ships!! I'd love to do that!!

We get the Tall Ships in Falmouth every so often, although I haven't been down there in recent years when they've been about. But it is such a treat to see them :-)

[tvor.livejournal.com]

It would be even better if it was one of the really big ones! This will be nice. We actually do have a couple of sailing ships based here that you can take cruises on in the summer so it would be similar. The nice thing about this is not having to wait in a queue or having it sold out before you can get a ticket. During the Tall Ships festival it would be difficult to get a ticket on any of the usual sailboats.