Its a varied madhouse we live in. Today

most of the club were dressed up as pirates, which makes a change from it being just himself and me dressed up as penguins! Mr O was a particularly fine example of the genre:

Commodore on the other hand promoted himself to Admiral and commandeered the Galleon:

The slaves worked hard:

And even the Gloriana passed by and saluted us:

But, seriously the Club did itself proud today. The Pirates’ day was in aid of the Starlight Charity which “brightens the lives of seriously and terminally ill children by granting wishes-of-a-lifetime and providing laughter and entertainment to children is hospitals and hospices across the UK”. See www.starlight.org.uk . Many children, with their families, arrived at the boat club for the day and had a great time with the games that had been set up. We provided a bbq lunch and afternoon tea. But the highlight of the day for many was a trip on one of the Club’s boats.

And all week many members had worked hard to create that pirate atmosphere: