It was a stunning July weekend. We hadn’t many sunny days in July 2022. A rare weather report of sunshine in Cumbria, set us off on the journey to Maryport to visit a friend’s boat which was docked there.
This stunning area of the UK, a very nautical part of the word, is the gateway to Scotland on the Solway Firth.
The weekend was enhanced by Maryport holding it’s annual community fête and lifeboat displays.
The coastguards, who are all volunteers, climed into their uniforms and onto the life rafts. We were in awe of the displays and speed the boats & life rafts were displaying for the audiences dotted along the promenade front.
Out to sea, The Solway Firth
The afternoon held more excitement, as weather conditions were A1 and we were able to take the boat out before the gate closed the marina at 5pm.
Keith, the Captain, and owner of the boat with his Co Captain Tracey, worked out tide & water levels, whilst Ray & I enjoyed the honour of sitting back and being well behaved passengers.
It was coming up to lunch time, and being a sea loving girl who adores being at sea, where best to have a spot of lunch but on deck. As ” Pleasance ” was docked out at sea, I set to the task of preparing is a scrumptious lunch fit for the Mediterranean, only we wernt on the Med, but we pretended we were.
With Keith & Trace having got us there safely, it was time for them to sit back & relax, lunch was soon ready.
What an action packed weekend. The night before our sailing day out, we saw the International Space Station, the full moon rise and a million stars in the dark skies. My photographs don’t really do what we saw justice, one of the times I wishI had brought my DSLR along, but the memories of that clear sky night will be etched in the memory bank forever.
Star Gazing
Those of you who know me well, know I adore a sunset. I think I have photographed so many, they all deserve their own blog page. But for now, here is the Maryport sunset. A stunning array of sunshine melting into the backdrop of the Scottish surrounding highlands.
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