Saturday, 17 February 2018

Portsmouth - This building was to be erected to celebrate the 20th Century but took
four extra years to build and way over budget. Interesting fact: The mayor and the architect
were trying out the glass elevator when it broke down for 3 hours with them in it. Still doesn't work!
I love the design of the building and their is a restaurant at the top of it.

President and Sister Gubler and
Elder and Sister Hatch on our tour of the harbour.

Some of our group got to sit in the back
of the boat for the harbour ride

Lots of ships and boats in the harbour.

Radar Ship - one of two we saw. The guide said it was one of
best in the world in radar detecting.

Another ship. Dad - I thought of you when I saw these ships.
I hope you can make them bigger so you can see them.

Mary Rose Museum
King Henry VIII was anxious to take a picture with us.
King Henry VIII had Mary Rose Ship built for £700
She was built in 1510 and sunk in 1545.

I woke at 4 am and took a long, long, long hot bath! The number one thing that relaxes me the most! Enjoyed it immensely! I wonder when I will get my next bath?

Elder Wallace in front of the
train station.

We were up and dressed by 8 am and walked to the Tesco about 1/2 block from the Premier Inn. We decided not to go for breakfast since the night before dinner was late and such a big dinner. We bought orange juice and chocolate milk and one donut from Crispy Cream. The girl behind the desk had such a surprise look. One donut was £2 and a dozen donuts were £6. Okay - we should of bought the dozen and shared. We gave 1/2 of the orange juice to the Parkers and they shared apples with us. We had plenty for breakfast.

London South Senior Missionaries
ready for the tour of Portsmouth Harbor.

We meet the senior missionaries outside the Portsmouth Harbour. Elder and Sister Germany bought the tickets and we reimbursed them. The tickets are good for a year! We first went to the HMS Victory, Mary Rose Museum and took a ferry around the harbour. After the ferry ride we ate at Boat House 4 just next door from the ferry ride.

This is not the HMS Victory but it has all the Mast
and a great picture of HMS. (Her Majesty Ship)

The restaurant was called Bar & Bistro which was on the top floor of this huge warehouse building. When you enter there are boats of all kinds in different stages and while in the restaurant you could look down and see all the boats being fixed..

We meet a group of Royal Naval Cadets.
Reminded me of the Boy Scouts. They
meet two a week and taking a tour on
Saturday for a field trip.

They were all dressed alike in black pants
and navy blue sweaters & white shirts and Hats.
They asked where we were from and was
willing to let us take a picture.

Amazing!!! We went back to the Mary Rose Museum because we got through the HMS Victory faster than anyone else and went through a second time. Enjoyed it more the second time when I understood how they found the Mary Rose Ship in the ocean in the 1960's. She sank in 1545 and landed in the silt of the ocean. The silt preserved so much of the ship and contents which prevented oxygen and organisms from destroying it.

Our brilliant group of London South Senior Missionaries at the Bar & Bistro!
They are dedicated and hardworking missionaries with strong testimonies of Christ.
Left side: Hatches, Hatches, Hewletts, Beauchamps, Gublers, Pearces, Germany
Right: Wells, Wallaces, Wakeleys, Parkers, Costleys, Maddens

Looking down from Boat House 4
at the unfinished boats. You can
volunteer to work on the boats.

Boat House 4 with restaurant
at the top of the pictures.

We said our goodbyes to these wonderful missionaries, exchanged cars with Elder Hewlett and we were off with Elder Wallace driving home. We talked and visited until we were tired and Elder Parker and I took a nap. We munched on mint Oreo cookies and granola bars for dinner and split the two water bottles between couples. Thank you Elder Hewlett for the water. Can you tell we eat healthy? So glad to be home. Started a load of dark clothes and was going to iron white shirts. Sat down to rest and stretched for a few minutes and fell asleep. Got up and finished drying the clothes so Elder Wallace had something to wear to bed. Just couldn't get the energy to do the ironing. Hung the shirts up and will do them on Monday.

HMS Victory - Notice Clark standing
next to the anchor!

Okay - I was there at the HMS Vistory too!
It had 800 people with 104 cannons.

Notice the cannons in a row. These are fiberglass
cannons because of the weight of the cannons and
they had to cut off the mast. The weight was sinking
the ship.