Boats Beer and boobs
Well our fisrt day at the festival was unbelievable,left home 9am on the bus then the ferry and into the dockyard for 9'40am,walked a long way to HMS Illustriuos(aircraft carrier),walked straight on board and had a look around,later the ques were 2.5hours long,then onto the Rotterdam(Dutch)a French Frigate then onto HMS Exeter which had been sunk on at least six occasions by the Argentines,onto another type 42,then onto RFA Argus,then another type 42,then we watched a couple of displays then walked around the main basin to view the air and boat display,very good this involving a Nimrod,Harrier,Tornado,Merlin,Chinoock,sea King,Lynx,landing craft and fast assualt boats and a couple of hovercrafts,after this went on board a Canadian ship also a German ship which was serving beer,walked around past all the old sailing ships and modern war ships and sat and watched some sea shanty singing,lucky this as it was placed next to a real ale tent,mmmmmm,tipsy,then into the main concert arena for the nighttime performance,a David Bowie tribute band,Hot Chocolate then Spandau Ballet,to round the evening off a firework/laser/fountain/music/light show which was very good indeed,going to go to bed now and wake up and do it all tomorrow again,bring on the beer,lol,takecare,Tony

Day 2
Back over to Pompey again this morning,the crowds were a lot larger but the weather cooler,walked into the dockyard and went and joined the queue for the USS Winston S Churchill,2 hours nearly to get on this boat,it was okay liked the yankee sailors and sailorettes,after this we went qand sat by the shanty music tent and drank plenty more of that real ale,about 2pm the rains came down so we looked around inside various bits and bobs,then decided on an ealry day,shame as there was still so much to see,still I learned 1 thing,that us English supported the Confederacy and that we make the bestest beer,I know thats two but never mind,I have eaten and drunk so much today and what with all the walking I need a big big sleep,still it was fun and may go and watch the fireworks tomorrow night,,,,takecare and see you later,Tony
ps,cant seem to respond to other lj's at the moment never mind eh,,,