am going back in time to the golden age of piracy.

Arr! Is that right, me hearty?

Freyja is my daughter and this summer we are going  to be part of the English Heritage Pirates shows  

at Pendennis, Dover and Scarborough Castles.

The Pirates shows include firepower displays with  pistols, muskets and in some cases even cannons.  

There will be sword fights. Plenty of  displays to keep everyone interested,  

trying to debunk the myths that  Hollywood has created about pirates.  

And a bunch of hands-on pirate  activities for the kids as well.

If you can name a pirate, the chances are  they come from the golden age of piracy.  

Blackbeard, Charles Vane, Bart Roberts,  Black Sam Bellamy, Anne Bonny, Mary Read,  

Calico Jack Rackam, these  are all Golden Age pirates.

They were stealing, plundering, there was a lot  of fighting going on at the same time as well  

and the Royal Navy probably  had its hardest challenge yet.

Being a pirate in the summer of 2022 is hot!  So buttons are an important part of the outfit  

for someone showing off their  wealth. There isn't a left or  

a right shoe. Either shoe can go on either foot.

So this is what a standard male sailor would have  worn in the 18th century instead of wasting money  

on things they wouldn't necessarily need  they would just work with what they had. As  

a woman instead of fighting in the dress it's  better to fight in a pair of sailor's slacks.

For this event I'm most looking forward to being  able to run out onto a battlefield with swords  

clanging and guns firing and generally  being able to stand there and go,  

I'm a woman and I'm fighting  on a field with the men.  

So if you come to any of the three events you  can expect a full day of piratical amusement,  

you can expect to see swordswomanship,  you can expect to see guns going bang,  

myth-busting about pirates, anything that  the media has portrayed as glamorous we  

will try and debunk and show  you the truth about piracy.

Yarr!

To try and talk like a pirate I would  suggest emphasising any R's in any  

words. That will definitely bring  out the pirate side in your voice.

To talk like a pirate what you have to  do is name random bits of pirate ship  

like the mast or the boom or the steering  wheel or the gunnel or the gun deck  

and every now and then add in an insult  about your opponent being a jellyfish brain.

Hoist the colours up into the sky  lads it's time to sail the seas.

Splicing the main brace.

Arr!

Got it? Got it. Arr! Arr!