Extinction Rebellion protesters have said they will try to keep central Cardiff traffic free for three days and the protest had a festival feel on its first night.
As the sun went down, small groups around the boat blocking Castle Street were drinking and playing cards with a band playing mustic.
By the boat, there was an impromptu cello gig entertaining a small group under the boat while sat on paving stones.
Kef, from Cardigan, has a bike lock around her neck chaining her to the boat.
She’s been here since this morning and is chained back up after taking a break to stretch and go to the toilet.
She said: “It’s been really quite cool, very nice. There’s been so much support, I must have put on half a stone from all the cake I’ve been given.
“The police have been lovely, the only time they have spoken to me is to ask if I am okay.”
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Tom Moses was sitting on the floor listening to music. He’s been here since 7am and will get back home to Pembroke at around 1am to go to work tomorrow.
He has been down at the kitchen at the camp near City Hall making sure everyone has been fed.
He said: “This isn’t about individuals, it’s about the government and big businesses. We only have 11 years to meaningfully address climate change before we get to the point where is accelerated irreversibly.
“The government, politicians, the general public need to take responsibility and address this - it’s about system changes.”
At the tent encampment by City Hall, Vicky Moller has been helping with the kitchen. She has no idea how many they have fed but they’ve been making a lot of vegan soups and curries to keep everyone going.
The food has been donated or bought through donation money.
She said: “I’ve been in the ecological movement for a long time, more through the practical side living renewably.
“I have experienced how easy it can be. It can be hard work but it’s rewarding - many more people would like to live that way because it’s a much nicer way of living.”
Vicky lives off solar and wind energy with her neighbours and has a shared electric car system in her village.
There are more than 50 tents by the museum but it’s quite peaceful.
There’s a food tent where people are sitting down and sharing food and a group lying around the second boat.
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