Thursday, December 28, 2006
Xmas Greetings
Apologies for a long absence. For Christmas, I went down to Portsmouth to stay with my housemate's parents. It was very nice of them to put me up and I spent a very pleasant few days eating, drinking and chatting.
I didn't get to see much of Portsmouth but did go out for a drive along the water on Boxing Day. There are a number of old ships in Portsmouth including the HMS Victory which was Nelson's command at Trafalgar (Ha Ha) and the Mary Rose. Unfortunately, they had closed the historic docks for Christmas so I wasn't able to see any ships except for the HMS Warrior which was built in 1860 and was the world's first ocean-going iron-hulled armoured battleship. Here's a picture of it.
In other news, I am once again having to move my lodgings. I had to check out of my hotel a couple of weeks ago as it decided to close down. Luckily, I was able to organise a spot of house-sitting in Gosforth which is northwest of Newcastle city centre. The owners of the flat are coming back on Saturday so I am moving into hospital accommodation in Gateshead which is south of the river Tyne.
I will be on-call over the New Year period so I won't get a chance to celebrate but I hope you all have an enjoyable NYE wherever you are when the clock ticks over.
I didn't get to see much of Portsmouth but did go out for a drive along the water on Boxing Day. There are a number of old ships in Portsmouth including the HMS Victory which was Nelson's command at Trafalgar (Ha Ha) and the Mary Rose. Unfortunately, they had closed the historic docks for Christmas so I wasn't able to see any ships except for the HMS Warrior which was built in 1860 and was the world's first ocean-going iron-hulled armoured battleship. Here's a picture of it.
In other news, I am once again having to move my lodgings. I had to check out of my hotel a couple of weeks ago as it decided to close down. Luckily, I was able to organise a spot of house-sitting in Gosforth which is northwest of Newcastle city centre. The owners of the flat are coming back on Saturday so I am moving into hospital accommodation in Gateshead which is south of the river Tyne.
I will be on-call over the New Year period so I won't get a chance to celebrate but I hope you all have an enjoyable NYE wherever you are when the clock ticks over.
# posted by Michael @ 11:58 PM 
