For our third British Landscape field trip, my program went to the lovely town of Portchester and Portsmouth, to see Portchester Castle and the Historic Dockyard (and HMS Victory). The day before, we learned all about the two places, with a history of Horatio Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar. Here's a few pictures!
Portchester Castle. The walls are still there from the Romans.
We climbed up the Keep. This was the view from the top (with the 1500 view pictured).
The sea was beautiful!
Leaving the castle ruins.
The bridge/moat (with Rachel creeping up).
There was also a church on the grounds. St. Mary's Parish Church Portchester.
Black and White of the dock.
Next stop: Dockyard.
The HMS Victory, which we went aboard.
Horatio Nelson, the famous seafaring man, who died during the Battle of Trafalgar, was packed in a barrel with brine, and preserved until they reached shore.
Aboard the HMS Victory.
The 1995 film Persuasion was filmed on this deck.
Friends!
Original Cannon.
We also saw the Mary Rose, recently taken up from the bottom of the ocean, and currently being dried out.
The day was fun (cold, but...), and I learned a lot about the history of Britain's navy. It's always interesting to hear about another culture and another country's history. When our professor asked who had heard of Horatio Nelson, almost none of us had. Apparently he's a household name in Britain. I'm always learning something new!
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