| On 14 June
Cubs from across the District went on a trip to
see the Historic Ships at Portsmouth. 12 Cubs
from 2nd Bracknell went along and were helped by
Ruth Mason and Nick Gill who came along to help
Akela and Baloo. The day was rather hectic
with a visit to HMS Warrior followed by a boat
trip around Portsmouth Harbour to see what boats
were in. After lunch it was HMS Victory and then
Action Stations. We ran out of time and didn't
manage to see the Mary Rose.
As usual we
have some photos from the day. Most of them were taken by
Nick Gill although there are a few of Akela's in there too.
- The leaders look at HMS Warrior from the boat
- We got a good view of HMS Warrior from our boat trip
- We'd been inside the Warrior earlier in the
day. Here we see Daniel, Tom and Ben posing by a cannon.
- Here the same 3 boys salute the captain on the deck of
the Warrior
- Below decks
on the Warrior Martin, Sam and Daniel think it is time
for a meal.
- Then it
was time for a quick
pose above decks before we had to leave for our trip
round the harbour
- It wasn't all historic ships. As the boat
trip continued we saw a destroyer
and then passed another 2
- Having said that, we could see HMS
Victory across the water
- There's nothing like a trip round the harbour
to work up an appetite. By the time we got back the Cubs
were ready for lunch. The organisers had reserved
us a special lunch room so that we were away from everybody
else. The whole District
tucked into their sandwiches.
- After lunch we went for a closer look at
HMS Victory. It is a very impressive sight and we have
two pictures - one of the bows and one of the stern. Ok that's front
and back to you landlubbers!
- Unfortunately there was quite a long queue
for the HMS Victory so we had plenty of time to study
the outside. We also took a group picture while we were waiting.
- Two of the Cubs were keen to make sure that
the dry dock was really dry.
- Once on board the ship we weren't allowed
to take many pictures. However, we did manage to capture
the plaque marking the place
where Nelson was shot
- At the end of the day there was just time
to get a group picture of all the Cubs from the District
before the coaches left.
We've
now got Baloo's pictures to add to the collection
This was a
District Event.
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