title	Sailing at the Lake, and the GSB at Mellis, Suffolk - 6th June 2024
intro	The Gislingham Silver Band is playing for the D-Day 80 anniversary and beacon lighting on Mellis Common, just in front of the Railway Tavern. The band is sounding pretty good, the weather holds out, and there's even Gaz, Sandie and Jill from the BSCC - as well as Isobel, Fred (who's in the band) and Harry who's sort of there but is mostly doing his own thing. A few days before, we're over at Weybread for a bit of sailing and canoeing.
imgp3073	The new dinghy is hauled out from its spot
imgp3074	Harry and his friend Christopher scoop water out
imgp3078	Isobel gets her canoe out of the shed
imgp3081	The dinghy's on the beach after a sailing session
imgp3085	We sit around eating a snack
imgp3086	Isobel wanders off with a folding chair
imgp3088	The GSB is set up under a marquee on the common
imgp3090	The band in the marquee
imgp3094	A bunch of piebald nags hang out near the band
imgp3099	The head of the parish council chats to Adrian
imgp3102	Isobel and Gaz chat to Sheila
imgp3103	Gaz chats to Sheila about her book
imgp3105	Ron's come along to watch the band
imgp3106	The band's sign 
imgp3107	Ron and Adrian by the bus stop
imgp3109	Harry's off doing his own thing in the long grass
imgp3113	A flame-thrower lights up the beacon
imgp3117	The crowd outside the Railway Tavern
imgp3120	There's a pretty good turnout on the common
imgp3127	The beacon is well alight 
imgp3129	Outside the Railway Tavern in Mellis
imgp3133	The fire spreads out of the bottom of the beacon