Each picture is linked to its larger version.
Here
is a flat list
of all the big pix for easier bulk downloads.
Shot on a Canon G9 and postprocessed in GIMP
 
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View to the east
 The flat blue area is the ocean. Nice to see some windmills spinning, too  | 
View to the south
 Back toward Amesbury  | 
 
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Group shot 1
 and the really huge version (2.7 Mb)  | 
Group shot 2
 and the really huge version (3.6 Mb)  | 
 
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More arrivals just after the group shots  | 
And a hack-job attempt at 'shopping them in after the fact...  | 
Other scenes around the gathering
 
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| The food prep folks did an absolutely stunning job | |
 
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Frolicing on the lawn | 
 
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At some point, the single-malt appeared [brought in by bicycle, yet!]  | 
 
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| Music was made, both outside [braving the mosquitoes!] and inside [which soon devolved into old standbys such as "Drunken Sailor" and "Tie Me Kangaroo Down"...] | |