District Trip to Portsmouth

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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 boatP-BoatTrip
  • We got a good view of HMS Warrior from our boat tripP-WarfromBoat
  • We’d been inside the Warrior earlier in the day. Here we see Daniel, Tom and Ben posing by a cannon.P-InsideWarrior
  • Here the same 3 boys salute the captain on the deck of the WarriorP-Warriordeck
  • Below decks on the Warrior Martin, Sam and Daniel think it is time for a meal.P-warriormeal
  • Then it was time for a quick pose above decks before we had to leave for our trip round the harbourP-warriorgroup
  • It wasn’t all historic ships. As the boat trip continued we saw a destroyer and then passed another 2P-navyP-Destroyers
  • Having said that, we could see HMS Victory across the waterP-Victoryfromwater
  • 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.P-lunchP-districtlunch
  • 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!P-VicFrontP-VicStern
  • 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.P-VicGroup
  • Two of the Cubs were keen to make sure that the dry dock was really dry.P-Drydock
  • 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.P-Plaque
  • 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.P-DistrictGroup

We’ve now got Baloo’s pictures to add to the collection

  • Group picture on HMS Victory.P-Victorygroup
  • A tired group of boys wait at the dockyard gates on the way home.P-end

This was a District Event.