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Illustrious career

The Royal Navy aircraft carrier, HMS Illustrious was retired today. There was great fanfare in Portsmouth as she ended her 32 year career. She has only carried helicopters since budget cuts in 2010 saw her Harriers removed. She was built … Continue reading

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More RN

After yesterday, we decided to have quite a lazy Sunday. I went over to the shops for food while Mirinda Skyped but, otherwise, the day was pretty quiet. Well, until Mirinda announced that she had to go to a two … Continue reading

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Pride of the fleet

Today was an exceptionally good day. Ten days ago I just happened to be watching Twitter when a tweet came in, talking about HMS Bulwark and giving a link. I clicked the link and discovered about the open day. I … Continue reading

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Occasional clouds

Following the rain yesterday (the first for ages) today’s forecast was for occasional clouds with showers. First thing, it was hard to imagine the day was going to be anything but perfectly blue. I headed out for Starbucks and Waitrose … Continue reading

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On the Thames

I finished my short essay on the Thames Iron Works today. I spent about an hour in the library, looking up a few final bits of information, before finishing it off and sending it to Nick (at work). He said … Continue reading

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Melting point

Needless to say, I slept like a log last night. I knew nothing after hitting the pillow. It has to be one of the best sleeps ever. It’ll be worth catching the planes back just for the night of sleep … Continue reading

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Boats, blondes and big bangs

We had a very big day today. It was our second London Saturday and, coincidentally, it happened to coincide with the Lord Mayor’s Show. First up we popped over to tour the new Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior III. I took … Continue reading

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The path continues

It made more sense to take yesterday’s photo when the sun was up so I took it again this morning. The sun actually put in an appearance at lunchtime so I snapped this: The bricks on the right (up to … Continue reading

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