Seafest funfair

This past weekend some friends invited Jeff and I to their towns summer festival..........called the Seafest. Festivals are a big summer time thing here and each town has their own little festival and they appear to be on different weekends so they don't interfere with one another. Their town is called Arbroath. We were really excited to get out and enjoy some of the local culture and hang out with friends. It had been raining the whole week and even though it looked like rain on Saturday morning when we headed to the festival, it held off and we end up getting sun and clear skies!

The festival reminded me of a cross between a small towns festival and the Renaissance festival. They had things like sword fighting, archery and people dressed up in Renaissance wardrobes. But they also had bagpipers there playing and they had motor bikes (motorcycles), little fast cars that do tricks and even one of those big steel cage balls that the two motorcycles ride around and around in. They had airplanes that flew over and did tricks and such. There was a couple of planes that were doing things like barrel rolls, loops and such and they had ladies standing on top of them doing handstands and different things like that. There was some yummy food like hot dogs, hamburgers, chips (fries) and sausages and such. And they even had candy stands where you could go up and buy candy by the pound. Very cool.

We had a really great time. We both got a little sun.............a little to much sun for Jeff, but it was well worth it to get out and enjoy the festivities.
After the festival we went to have dinner with our friends at a local restaurant. Dinner was great and we had great company! After dinner they took us to this little shop called Sugar and Spice and it was full of sweet treats (that's what they call candy here). They also had homemade fudge and ice cream. Jeff and I got a little fudge to try it out and of course a little sweet treats. It was really a great time and we were really glad our friends invited us along! Good friends, good food and good times!

From atop the hill of the Seafest, at midmorning, before the tide came in! This was only half of the Seafest. The rest stretched out to the right.

Check out this Cool bike! Take note to the playboy bunny under the foot rest! SWEET!

Check out the Panther. I told Jeff I'd get him this bike! LOL

Finally! REAL bagpipers! They were awesome!
My friend Julie ask if they'd stop and pose for a picture with me! :) REAL Scottish bagpipers! How cool is that!

A Medieval battle. They gave the little kids foam sticks and let them beat the snot out of the soldiers after they did their battle. The kids really seem to enjoy it!

See the little yellow car? See the two groups of people standing in the circles? The driver was doing a figure 8 around them and was getting REAL close to their toes. They told them "Whatever you do, DON'T move your feet!" LOL
The two planes that were doing tricks with the ladies standing on top of the wings!

See the lady standing on the center of the wing. She was holding one leg up, straight in the air. THAT is cool!