May 29th - June 4th 2010 | Lulworth Pirate Festival

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May 29th - June 4th 2010 | Lulworth Pirate Festival

Lulworth Cove, UNITED KINGDOM

A Pirate festival running from May 29th to June 4th 2010 based around Lulworth Castle, a 17thC hunting lodge, and the nearby Lulworth Cove one time haunt of smugglers and the like in the 17th and 18thC.

Its being run by a mob who go under the name of Pike And Shot Tour & Event Company and the first long weekend (29th, 30th and 31st of May) is a piratey get together with a simple story, pirates/smuggler vs Military/militia and Customs and Excise(boo hiss), with skimishes anetc surrounded with some living history, show and tell sorta thing for the punters. The rest of the week you'll have to ask but most likely a programme of timed displays.

For the participants once the public are out the evenings will include a beer tent, possibly a band/some music and the now legendary rum tastings.

For those wot want to play website is http://www.paste.org.uk/registration_page.htm

For those wot want to visit http://www.paste.org.uk/pirate_festival.htm

More info and nattering here http://livinghistory.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=19714&start=0

Same and linkythingy to some pics of last year http://livinghistory.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=17643&p=244892#p244892

The UK Pirate Brotherhood site http://www.ukpiratebrotherhood.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=670.0

Rum tasting results http://livinghistory.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=17661&p=245084#p245084