Thousands of people gathered in Angus to taste the salt and spray of the Arbroath Sea Fest over the weekend.
More than 20,000 local people and visitors came to the historic harbour area for the two-day event, celebrating the town’s contribution to Scotland’s maritime heritage.
While crowds on Saturday enjoyed a fine day, Sunday’s early rain made some stay home from what was another packed day of music and food.
The festival is organised by a volunteer committee, which raises thousands of pounds each year to show off the best the area has to offer.
Secretary and treasurer Lynn Cameron said the turnout made all the time and effort worthwhile.
“Until the weather broke on Sunday lunchtime, we were on course to smash our previous attendance records as it looked as though we were going to have over 30,000 people coming along over the weekend,” she said.
“However, Sunday soon lived up to its wet and windy weather forecast, which, unfortunately, had an impact on visitor numbers.”
The festival saw more than 100 stalls sell arts, crafts and local foods, performances from local musicians, and a new attraction in the muscled shape of the Arbroath Sea Fest strongman competition.
The crowds gathered to see Paul Benton from Laurencekirk narrowly beat Arbroath man Mike Spink in the final event to win the title, in which Nick Whitecross from Hillside came third.
Other attractions included displays of vintage vehicles and fishing boats, boat trips to the cliffs, rescue demonstrations, cream teas prepared by the lifeboat ladies’ guild at the RNLI shed, Arbroath smokies still hot from the barrel, and performances by local musicians, including the Declaration Band, LimeLight, Harry McFadyen, Cheryl Brown and Tasmin Glass.