Of #HastingsPirateDay, And Last Sunday

It was Hastings Pirate Day 2018 on July 15th.

We didn't bother to dress up for it, but we did get Lilie a pirate bandana, and she loved the attention wearing it got her. Here are a couple of photos of her wearing it:

(We had to take them with me holding her on the bench, because it was the only way to keep her still long enough... All the people had her super excited, especially when they were commenting on how cute she was in her bandana).

Anyway, we decided to go to some of the events that were supposed to be happening on the peer for Pirate Day this year. Though it turned out hardly anything was happening on the peer. Most of the stuff was happening in the old town, but we'd decided not to go to those because we're still working on Lilie's drum issue, and they spacifically mentioned having drums involved in parades and things that would be going on. That was why we headed for the stuff on the peer instead. Like I said though, there wasn't much to see.

We did spot - and grab photos of - several pirates on the peer and seafront though:


We had walked all the way to the peer, so were disappointed not to find much more to see than that. So we decided to stop for ice-cream and lunch on the way home to make up for it.

We ended up eating lunch on the seafront - we had lunch from Oscars, if you're interested - while enjoying some free music.

I have a short video clip of the music for you. I'm not a fan of this kind of music, but we thought we'd grab a short clip for you anyway, so you could hear them. Like I said, it's not my kind of music. I have to admit though, although it's not my thing, they were really good, and you could feel the pure joy coming off them while they were performing. Plus, it was cheerful music to be listening to while we ate. Here's the clip:









There were kayaks out at sea that day, and other boats too.

The people on the kayaks were singing. I'm not sure if they were singing just for the pleasure of doing so, singing along with the music from the beach, singing to help keep the rhythm right for rowing, or what, since they were too far out for me to catch what they were singing properly, especially with the other music. But I enjoyed listening to them having a great time out there anyhow, since they sounded cheerful too. Kelly grabbed a couple of photos of them, so here they are:


It was one of those days that didn't turn out as planned, but was a wonderful day anyhow.

It was also one of those really hot days we've been having lately. Yeah, I know many of you have been having hotter weather, but I'm not great with heat (we're talking temperatures of 24 degrees C and higher, so temperatures of 80 degrees F and higher). Bearing in mind, we were out and about walking, and even if we'd been at home wouldn't have had air conditioning, since all we have here is fans. So... Yeah... I'm just glad we were along the seafront so we could benifit from the ocean breeze, and that we're smart enough to take drinks with us - especially for Lilie.