With nice weather for a change, Sherborne Park Lodge was tremendous fun for the public and the group alike.

Four activities were repeated twice throughout the day; a bungled house robbery, a site wide treasure hunt, pied powder court and a dark cellar ghost talk. All which went down very well wit young and old alike.

A bungled house robbery saw a group of nefarious characters demanding satisfaction from Dutton for some soured shipping in Barbados. Refusing to settle his account the pirates attempted a daring, day light robbery of the house and some of its contents, only to be thwarted by an equally hastily compiled militia who beat them away.

The children's treasure hunt was extensive, exhaustive and tremendous fun. Ranging across the grounds of Sherborne Park Lodge, from the building to as far as the Long Barrow each one saw over 40 children try to help the pirate locate his treasureburied somewhere in the grounds. Filled with riddles, fights and buried treasures the hunt was blessed with lovely weather and a great walk through much of the site people would have never seen otherwise.

The Pied Powder court was a slice of life from a market court of the mid 17th century ending in an attempted arrest of a dread pirate captain who was accidentally spotted during the proceedings.

Lastly the old favourite, the Ghost Talk down in the cellar saw old and young alike get very nervous as tales, old and new where told about various carry-ons committed in its dark, damp space.

Special mention should go to Gary Marshall for his near tireless antics throughout, changing from one show to the next and not resting when the rest of us managed five minutes as he led his treasure hunting band throughout the grounds.

A great weekend for all.