Shiver me timbers! The Bishop of Bermuda, the Rt Revd Nick Dill,
is "taken hostage" and made to walk the plank by the "Pirates of
Bermuda", in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda, on Sunday. The Pirates
event is organised by the Bermuda Sloop Foundation, as part of its
fund-raising for the "Spirit of Bermuda" sail-training programmes.
Friends and family choose to donate either towards a hostage's
ransom - or towards a walk off the plank. Some participants manage
to raise enough money to avoid walking the plank; most are
summarily "forced" to jump into the harbour, however. Last year's
event raised more than $100,000.
