Saturday, 30 April 2011

Saturday 30th April 2011 - Gig Championship Weekend

The 2011 World Pilot Gig Championship Weekend is upon us and in full swing! We have quite a few gig rowers staying with us at the hotel this year from various parts of Cornwall.

The weather forecast for the Gig Championship weekend has been bad, but today I think they have got away with it as it has stayed dry, although the winds picked up this afternoon from the east. It could've been a lot worse as last night we had an almighty thunder storm at 2am with lots of super bright lightning and loud thunder and a torrential downpour to go with it! Lets hope the forcast for tomorrow's rain is incorrect for the finals.

Here is a photograph of the gigs all lined up on Town Beach this afternoon. The picture is courtesy of Martin Hall who works in the Coop. He managed to get a good view from the back of the shop on his break.