Tour de Fleece day fifteen - seventeen, more boats

 Saturday was indeed a wash out, we watched a few boats come in then headed for a trawl round the charity shops.

Henry Frederick Swan motoring into the harbour, built 1918 and looks amazing with all the sails in use.

However sails were soon stored away and we made our way into the boat shed to shelter from the rain.

We eventually decamped to the Spa for coffee.

(did I mention that I managed to get sunburt on the Friday ? the weather is so changeable)

Sunday.

Ian dashed out at around 8 o'clock to meet the boat crews so I had a leisurely breakfast before catching the bus. As I arrived in town, the first of the boats was heading out, the Three Brothers 1912. It was chasing the pirate ship out of the harbour and was soon disappearing into the mist.

I didn't realise at the time that this was the reason why I didn't see Ian for the next couple of hours or so.

Yep, there he is haha. second on the left.

Other boats were soon joining in the fun as I headed down to the boat shed.

local musicians had gathered for the event around the harbour

along with longsword dancers

Back out onto the harbour mouth to watch the cobles return after the afternoon sail.

During the day, I did take time out to spin in the boathouse and chat to several people about the Nano.

and I finished off the bobbin later whilst Ian helped pack the festival down.

Not a lot of spinning in all ( two bobbins of shetland) but a very enjoyable , if slightly wet, weekend. We travelled home on day 17 so I took that as a rest day.