International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Posted on 2010/09/26 16:22:22 (September 2010).

[Sunday 19th September 2010]
I was keen to mark International Talk Like a Pirate Day this year and had briefly wracked my brains on where might be an appropriate venue to do so. The answer was relatively quick in being forthcoming though - the Bounty, in the People's Republic of Cockmarsh - a pirate themed pub on a bend in the Thames only accessible on foot, somewhere between Marlow and Maidenhead.

Andy was an obvious choice for a co-conspirator (co-mutineer?) in this enterprise, and so we met up around 3ish in Bourne End, including Andy's Mum as well, before walking the plank (actually, bridge) over the Thames to the Bounty. Arrrrrr! etc.

Oddly there was a sort of pet show going on there this afternoon, complete with a raffle in which Andy won a dog puppet (and I won a mug - feeling like a bit of an imposter I just took the most modest prize on the table). Apart from the usual pirate decor it seemed as though no-one else had come especially to celebrate ITLAPD... but maybe every day is pirate day here.

We stayed a couple of hours, and had a late lunch (or early dinner?) before eventually embarking on a stroll along the Thames to Marlow, which was very pleasant.

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