The bold and the beautiful along Cobourg’s lakeshore on Tuesday, August 20, 2024.
Just moments before the Concert Band of Cobourg’s second last concert of the season in Victoria Park a bright rainbow appeared to the east.
A number of people captured photos of the partial rainbow that turned into a full rainbow before disappearing.
A woman on a paddleboard quietly enjoyed the evening paddling along with a small child on Lake Ontario.
Inside Cobourg Harbour a number of small sailboats got the last moments of sunlight and a slight breeze making for a beautiful evening.
On the centre pier, a number of people got an up close looked at the Fair Jeanne which is a 110 foot Brigantine training ship which has sailed the world.
A strange site for many people who witnessed it was a number of people climbing the lighthouse at the end of the east pier.
Today’s Northumberland spoke with a 23-year-old man from Scarborough came down to Cobourg with his wife and small child for the day.
“It was pretty nice,” the man said just after climbing down saying it was a beautiful panoramic view.
The ladder to climb the lighthouse is blocked at the base, but the man and two other individuals climbed around it to a higher spot to climb the ladder to the top.
“It wasn’t that difficult.”
Because the metal door and hinges stick out the man said it gives people a way to climb up and grab that ladder.
At one point the ladder is almost vertical climbing up, the man said, “to me it wasn’t that freaky.”
The Scarborough man said with a laugh that he did read the signage and was aware he wasn’t supposed to walk on the south end of the pier.
Just prior to the Scarborough man, two other men risked their lives climbed the lighthouse – wearing sandals.
Next week the Concert Band of Cobourg gives their final performance of the season in Victoria Park (weather permitting).
Author: Pete Fisher
Has been a photojournalist for over 30-years and have been honoured to win numerous awards for photography and writing over the years. Best selling author for the book Highway of Heroes - True Patriot Love
