Isle of Fire

I love those long summer days when you spend the day whole day out in the sun and then stay out long after it sets. Saturday was one of those days – definitely my favourite so far this summer. In the evening we went down to Barry Island to see the return of Isle of Fire; the promenade was transformed with fire sculptures – including a giant, flaming cauldron (very sospan fawr) – lit torches, music and entertainment. 🙂

We started the evening off at Jackson Bay with a sunset picnic.

We drank Cider (Kiwi and Lime Cider is a new discovery; when Sunny told me about it I thought it sounded completely rank, but it’s actually really, really nice – light and refreshing and almost too easy to drink…)…

…we dipped our toes in the sea *(brrrrrrrrrrr!).*..

…and Cath and I finally tried out the ‘Go’ part of Pokemon Go and got to see what all the fuss is about 🙂 We trotted around the beach trying to get it to work and eventually I found a Magikarp flopping around right there on the beach. It’s cute, not sure if I’m that into it yet… I’m sure I’ll start gushing and walking into street lamps with everyone else if I come across a Snorlax though…

As the sun was setting we walked around to Whitmore Bay to see the Isle of Fire already ablaze.

The best bit of the whole night by a long way were the drummers. Dressed in a bizarre space age pierrot-esque getup and Kiss facepaint, they appeared out of nowhere on the promenade with their light drums and percussion and were a brilliant surprise 🙂

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I saw those drummers at Festival No. 6 (I think they’re called Sparks or something), aren’t they amazing?! I’d really like to see them again, so cool. Sounds like a fun evening all round!

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They were incredible! We were so lucky to get such a good view of their first performance because later on there was such a crowd it was near impossibe to see them. 🙂

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