Wabbidashery… aka, The Heritage Heaven Tour

[Bridger]

Good timing on your post @Giles

I am currently reading Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar by Adam Nicolson,

I don't know anything about Nelson or Trafalgar, but I am thinking of visiting HMS Victory in Portsmouth and was thinking of adding Fort Nelson into the plan.

There looks to me many military museums in the area. Are there any spots I should be including in my visit?

[ROman]

@Giles Very interesting and moving....

[Jord]

@Giles lest we forget...

[Giles]

@Bridger said in Wabbidashery… aka, The Heritage Heaven Tour:

Good timing on your post @Giles

I am currently reading Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar by Adam Nicolson,

I don't know anything about Nelson or Trafalgar, but I am thinking of visiting HMS Victory in Portsmouth and was thinking of adding Fort Nelson into the plan.

There looks to me many military museums in the area. Are there any spots I should be including in my visit?

Get a Dockyard pass. It lasts for a year and is amazing. It gets you into amongst other things; Victory, Warrior, Mary Rose (That's really a day in itself, more Tudor artefacts than in the whole of the rest of the UK), Submarine Museum, Explosion museum (whee I had my Kanreki), and more. @goosehd did it with his fam earlier in the year.

Then of course there is the Royal Armouries.

And last but not least IHUK.

[Bridger]

Fantastic! Great shout, thanks @Giles - I am glad I asked

[Ross]

@Bridger Also worth adding the D-Day museum to Giles' list - it had alot of money spent on it a few years back for a big anniversary of D-Day, well worth a visit if interested

[goosehd]

@Bridger That pass is fantastic and definitely worth the money! I have been through all of the exhibits now and could still find things to do…

The key attractions for me were the Victory, Mary Rose, and Warrior. If you take your time, those three exhibits are a multiple day experience which I would have done if I didn’t have the kids in tow. Trying to balance my interests and keeping them interested is a bit of a challenge, but there were things that all of us had fun doing.

I would go back and do it all again and probably will at some point.

[Bridger]

Thanks for the tip @Ross, I will add to the list.

Thanks @goosehd, good to hear about your experience. Sounds like there is plenty to see.

Seems like Portsmouth is UK's Disneyland of Death

[Giles]

A celebration of stuff that is designed to main and kill. That's us.....

[goosehd]

…but if it wasn’t for Gosport and Portsmouth, the world would be a very different place.

[ROman]

@goosehd The first time I got Ralph to go to Gosport, was getting him to The Mary Rose first.

[Tago Mago]

@Bridger as mentioned before the pass is fantastic. Historic dockyards are fascinating, D-Day museum absolutely worth a visit as well. IHUK obviously beat everything, but may be slightly pricier

[Giles]

Big Suze taking cushions we do not need on the boat over the winter into storage.....

[Giles]

OK, I am off to sunnier climes soon, so unfortunately, this will not be worn.

Who is up next?

[Giles]

Anybody want a go?

[Aetas]

@Tago-Mago said in Wabbidashery… aka, The Heritage Heaven Tour:

I think the Wabby is ready for a change of scenery. Who’s next? We have @endo, @Mister_Brue, @denim-dawg, @neph93 and @sabergirl lined up…

[denim-dawg]

@Giles I’d be grateful to see the Wabby again. Not doing any traveling before Christmas, but can spin it around the hood, see how the Wabby has grown up, what it’s learnt so far and all

[Giles]

Amazing. We will get it shipped. Thank you so much. Giles

[Aetas]

@denim-dawg said in Wabbidashery… aka, The Heritage Heaven Tour:

I’d be grateful to see the Wabby again…

Glorious! Round one is completed after 925 days touring.

And what can be better to start round two with first participant @denim-dawg.
Curious to see stories out of the Arctic again.

[denim-dawg]

@Giles Thank you so much, Giles! Safe travels to you!