My trip to Portsmouth Historical Naval Dockyard

Spent a lovely day in my week off by nipping down the A3 to Portsmouth. As the sun was shining, I felt like a day by the sea. Plus with all the rememberance of Nelson's 200 year anniversary and 60 years since VE / VJ day, I wanted to see part of where history was made.


I did a boat trip round the harbour and saw some our impressive modern day warships and aircraft carriers. Awesome sight. My dad would have been impressed being ex-Navy himself. Went on HMS Warrior and HMS Victory and saw the tudor ship Mary Rose in it's wax sprayed room where they are keeping it preserved. The £15 you pay to get into the dockyard is great value for money as you get to do about 6 different attractions and the ticket is open ended for a year so if you miss one, you can go again.

Anyway I thoroughly enjoyed my day, I saw some history, the sun shone, I had fish, chips & mushy peas AND a cornish ice cream! Recommended (that's all of the above!)

Hard to believe that the follwing day was wind and gales but thats British weather for you! Still, the sun shone for me and it was nice to be by the sea.

My photos are on the link 'Flora's Pix' - enjoy!

Can't believe how fast this year is going!

Maybe it's just because the weather has been sh*t of late but it feels almost autumnal at the moment. Even the (somewhat reliable) BBC weather man said the weather had an autumn feel to it. AND IT'S ONLY 13th OF AUGUST!! We should be basking in sunshine! What happened to the summers I had as a kid where the sun was always out, the pavement used to sizzle and the days were long!?

Here's a random cheery pic of my clematis when it was last sunny like AUGUST SHOULD BE!!!

Isn't it guys who can never find the clematis or is that something completely different? :O)


Highlights of my week (in no particular order):

Congratulations to Nationwide for taking 3 months to sort out my mortgage! Finally got completion date on August 16th and started proceedings on May 31st!!

Thank GOD Big Brother is over! I didn't watch it much this year but what I did see was just cringeworthy. I wish the innocent days of the first 2 series would return but everyone that goes on it these days are all freaky wannabes. And don't even get me started on that Makosi... what a conceited piece of work!

New series of LOST. Looks promising. And the lead guy Matthew Fox - "hello"! Yummy! (he was nice in Party of 5)

Sun coming out on Monday and Tuesday! Thank God for flexitime and being able to sunbathe in the afternoon :O)

Justin's 30th birthday and recovering from a stonking hangover! Good night tho...

Discovering Premium Bonds! (I WILL be a millionaire!!)

Looking forward to (again in no particular order):

Some good weather - PLEASE!!!

New and last series of Six Feet Under (my fave show next to ER)

My week off in August.
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What an exciting life I lead...

Where's OUR bleedin summer gone??

It's Monday 1st of August, its grey and dreary outside and its hot EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD!!!!

COME ON SUMMER! Come back, come back, where ever you are!