Lee Valley White Water Canoe Centre in Broxbourne

HMS Victory

Well my busy life is still well busy!

I’ve had a rest form the kayaking for a couple of days as I have got a big competition next week on some big white water course on the Nene (at the Nene White Water Canoe and Kayaking Centre),  so its probably a good idea to have some rest.

Well the last couple of days, since coming back from my Sea Kayak trip, I’ve been staying at my nans.  A great place to be as I’m not rudely awoken in the morning to do my paper round!

Well anyway yesterday I wanted to go down to Portsmouth to go in the the navy docks to have a look round, me being a navy cadet (sea cadet),  and there is one thing every cadet has to see and that’s HMS Victory Lord Nelsons flagship. Going round the ship was great fun.

HMS Victory - Portsmouth

But it was not only HMS Victory I went there to see, no, I also got to see the Mary Rose that sank but was recovered, hundreds of years later, and is now undergoing steps to preserve it.  I also saw HMS Warrier.

While we were there we also got onto a harbour tour that went round the whole of Portsmouth Harbour and told us all about it this was also great fun as I got to see all the ships and HMS Bristol the ship the sea Cadets stay on that is birthed on whale island also know as HMS Excellence.

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