There was still plenty of kite flying and routines to enjoy but some of the larger pieces such as this seahorse remained resolutely earth bound on a still August day.
One could sail up the coast from Port Haverigg and come across some sailors forever on land near Whitehaven harbour.
Created by John McKenna as part of the port's 'Quest' project these two are simply called "Sailors Waiting for Crew Work". Happily to add to the 'S' count for this ABC Wednesday post there is also some scaffolding ready for the roofers in the background. Apart from its Georgian harbour one of Whitehaven's other claims to fame is of the attempt by the USS Ranger commander, John Paul Jones, to set fire to the hundreds of ships anchored in the port in 1778. Alas for him the row in small boats against the tide for 3 hours, the wind, a mutinous crew and the lure of the local pub for the sailors this was not a success. The full story can be found here The Quest project produced other sculptures around the town by John McKenna including one of John Paul Jones in action and spiking the guns at Half-moon Battery here.
An entry to ABC Wednesday, a journey through the alphabet, this week sojourning at S here
13 comments:
Delightful post and wonderful photos for S!
Happy Week to you,
artmusedog and carol
fantastic sailers.
All the nice girls love a sailor......
Love your post.
Great photo of Sailors.
Lovely post & beautiful pictures
Nice entry for this week.... the first photo's i like most, love to see things like that floting in the air.
Have a nice abc-day/- week
♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (abc.-w-team)
they look like kings from a deck of cards!
ROG, ABCW
SOARING SAILORS.....SENSATIUNAL !
I SECOND Rogers SENTIMENTS, They do look like
kings from a deck of cards,
Best wishes,
Di.
ABCW team.
Oops! Typo,
should read 'SENSATIONAL..
Di x
Looks like SUCH fun!
Leslie
abcw team
I love kites, it looks like that festival had some unusual ones!
The kites look fascinating as are the sculptures in what I presume is meant to be a bandstand.
The sailors somehow seem to be out of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.
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