I woke up and looked out of my window from my cosy bed. There were so many colourful ships passing my window. Outside was busy and people were bustling and jostling to get a good view of the boats. There were rides and people selling candy floss but my eye was on one of the boats, a beautiful pine brown one with a figurehead at the bow of the boat shaped like an angel dancing down from heaven.
I smiled and heaved a sigh of relief. My Mum and Dad were on that boat. They waved to me and I wildly waved back. I was staying with my auntie and uncle. They were very kind to me but I still missed my parents.
I ran out of my door, forgetting my coat in my haste, but I didn’t care I would soon be hugging my Mum and Dad, I was so excited. People pushed me but I pushed them back, everywhere was a hive of activity, there were people who were selling sweets, who pulled me and asked me if I wanted sweets but I ran and they let me go. There were fishermen who blocked my way and asked me if I wanted fish but I dodged past them and carried on running. I was going to see something better than these colours, I was even going to see something better than sweets and chocolates. I was going to see my Mum and Dad.
At last I eventually reached the harbour, I pushed to the front and right in front of my eyes was my Mum and Dad!
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‘Diary Entry’ by Sophie, Age 8 Years
Dear Diary,
I woke up and I was so excited. I went down stairs to eat my breakfast and when I had finished, I went to meet up with my friends. Me Ceri, Jessie and Abby all went down to Falmouth harbour. As we all walked along we saw all the amazing tall ships getting ready for the show.
The tall ships and small ships were stunning and the fireworks were exploding across the moonlit sky. All of this was very exciting; I could not take my eyes off it for one second. It was the best thing I had ever seen because of the bursting colours and joyful sounds of the sea shanties and sails.
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‘Tall Ships’ by Stan, Age 10 Years
It was the biggest day of my life. There was going to be fireworks and people around the out skirts of the harbour cheering us on. As we sang a sea shanty with the beats of the drum; we began to enter the gates of the harbour. The crew had taken the sails down and stood on the masts. Waving their hats at the crowd everybody had a smile on their face ; it was a mind blowing experience, a day I will never forget…
I was walking home from work early this evening, shattered from a long day’s work, when I heard my friend yelling my name. I went over to see what all the commotion was about and it turned out the sailors were coming home. I would finally get to see my husband! All of the loneliness and despair had left my heart immediately and instead there was love, peace and joy.
I ran down to the harbour with my friend dying to see a glimpse of him and excited to meet our loved ones. As well as everyone else we were cheering and screaming. For months they had been gone. We didn’t know if they were dead, if they were sick or even if they were perfectly well. The fact that we hadn’t got a letter saying any of that and the ships were coming in meant they were safe. Me and my friend agreed with each other we would go to see our husbands and loved ones. We would go home get our life savings, then go out and celebrate all night. We would go to a fancy restaurant, sing sea shanties at the harbour and this was the best night of our lives.
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‘Tall Ships’ by Sam, Age 11Years
One night, at quarter to twelve, The Tall Ships came in. Fireworks exploded and laughter filled the air. People were pushing and pulling to get a good view. Fishermen were selling fish and shellfish behind their stalls, calling their wares. The ships were in all different colours but my eye was fixed upon one great oak ship with a figurehead of quartz. Her masts blue, her hull yellow, she wore all the countries upon her sail, her decks filled with happy sailors singing sea shanties. She was beautiful, she sailed agilely across the water.
All my sadness of my brother at sea drained out of me, knowing he was safe. I was filled with joy and happiness, now knowing peace was around me. Then I saw a lovely sight; I saw a boy, probably no older than eleven playing the accordion and he was the heart of the music. Without thinking I began to dance and cheer; I felt a great weightlessness in myself. I felt proud to be here, still the fireworks went off and by now it was 1:15 am and I was exhausted, so I went home.
I had a great night.
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‘The Tall Ships’ by Luke, Age 11Years
As I slowly got out of bed I could hear a banging noise coming from somewhere nearby. When I looked out of the window I saw a parade walking down to the harbour. To my amazement, there were hundreds of people crowding around the harbour, lots of tall ships and rows of flowers. I could not wait to go and join in with celebrating the tall ships arrival, I really wanted to go and see all the astonishing sites.
After I got out of bed, my mum gave me some toast and I headed outside to join in celebrating. As soon as I stepped out of my door I was blown away by the amount of coloured ships sailing towards the town’s estuary. I took a few more steps along the edge of the harbour mesmerised by all the beautiful flowers gently swaying in the summer breeze. After a while I started to get a bit hungry and tired so I bought a sandwich and sat and watched the band play energetic sea shanties which woke me up so I could carry on celebrating. A few seconds later hundreds of fireworks lit up the sky with vibrant colours. Suddenly there was nothing around so I closed my eyes and when I opened them I was in my bed with a picture in front of me, that’s when I realised it was just a dream. But not just any dream, a dream to remember.
Dear Diary,
This morning, I woke up and put on my clothes on what seemed a normal day. As I glanced through my window, to my amazement, I saw a shiny pole twinkling in the sun light whistling past, I wondered what this was all about then I heard 3 very loud bang’s one after another, “BANG!BANG!BANG!”
The penny just dropped. It had been 200 years since the cargo ships had started coming into the harbour. All of a sudden I felt young glaring at the beautiful but old ships.
There was one ship however which caught my eye. It had a golden angel on the front which looked like she was dancing gracefully in the blazing sun. It was beautiful.
There were also other people bustling and jostling to get a good look at these old ships sailing peacefully into the harbour. There were people everywhere cramming into stalls, running to the luxurious sweet shops, but right by the cliff edge was the biggest croud of all because they could not take their eyes off the legendary ships.
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‘Dear Diary’ by James, Age 9 Years
Dear diary,
Yesterday morning I raced down stairs and ate my breakfast as fast as I could. I put my shoes on and off I went down the hills to my friend Ceri’s house. She was already waiting for me; we were walking down to the docks when I heard seagulls squawking.
We walked down to the harbour. I saw the tall ships coming in, the closer they got I could see the bright colours of the masts and hear the crew singing sea shanties. As I listened I could smell the wonderful smell of pasties wafting from the bakery; it made me hungry. We walked into the bakery and bought two large pasties. I took one bite, it was… SPECTACULAR; mouth watering joy. They were the best pasties ever.
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‘Tall Ships’ by Joby, Age10 Years
It is 7.00pm on the day the tall ships sail into the harbour. The carnival has closed ready for the celebration of the tall ships arriving in Falmouth. As I walk to the harbour I can see the crowd laughing, singing and dancing with great smiles on their faces.
I ran down to the water front, and to my surprise I got to the front row. A sailor invited me on board the ship to sail. It was an amazing opportunity so I said “yes”. I got on the ship and we sailed 5 miles and back.
We realised there was a hole in the lower deck. Luckily I sighted a lifeboat. I found a flare in a box and shot it directly up at the sky. We started blocking the hole with crates. Finally the lifeboat arrived. We were saved.
Early yesterday morning I woke up hearing people laughing with excitement as they walked past my house, on their way to the harbour. I knew where they were going to. My mum made me some toast and I got dressed to go down to the Tall Ships Festival at Falmouth. It was exciting to see the ships come in and lots of crowds trying to watch, with their families. The beautiful colours of the fireworks were stunning, everyone was cheering the tall ships on. It was brilliant! There was really good music which was amazing to listen to. Our village was beautiful with the vibrant colours and the lights. I’m one lucky person to live in this lovely town with these festivals going on. There were eye catching stalls and handsome pasties to buy. The tall ships looked very colourful when they came into our harbour. Mum and I had a lovely day watching the tall ships come in making our village proud.