Pirates of the....Medway!

Andy and I went to the movies last night to see Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest, but little did we know that walking into the movie theatre complex would be like walking onto the movie set.

I had to whip out the trust old cell phone to take some pictures because I knew folks wouldn’t believe us. There they were all in the lobby, about 30 of them….real live PIRATES!!!

The effort that these people had put into their costumes was superb. There were a couple of incredible Jack Sparrow look-alikes (the yummiest of which proved a little camera-shy), but the rest of the cast/crew were all well represented.

As I was taking some pictures one of the guys explained to me that they were all crew from the HM bark Endeavour which is currently moored in the port at the mouth of the river Medway. This fantastic vessel is currently sailing the globe crewed entirely by people who have each paid £12,000 for the pleasure of working like dogs on this faithful replica.

I digress….the people at the movie theatre had told the crew that if they all came dressed as pirates (or at least in period costume) them the entire group would be let in to see the movie for free. Bargain!! So they trooped in, en masse, and took up residence in the centre of the theatre, happy to pose and act-out as almost everyone took pictures of them.

Somehow it made the whole evening a little more special, and the movie was great. Roll on part 3!