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Great South Run 2024

19th to 22nd October

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Day 3 - Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

  
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The day after the storm, to make up for missing the race, we ran a cheeky 5km along the coast - which was nice and flat...
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 Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
 
Miche and her new fancy-man...

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The Aircraft Carrier Queen Elizabeth was getting ready to depart while we were there...
  
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The old and the new, HMS Victory and Queen Elizabeth II...
 
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HMS Victory is currently undergoing a significant restoration, so large parts were covered up, but you could still move freely on board - especially if you were under 5 feet tall...
  
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HMS Victory
 
By pure chance we were visiting on the exact anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson...

 
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Nelson's privvy...
 
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Next - Day 3-4 - Historic Dockyard & D-Day Museum Revisit

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Days 1 to 2 - Travel & Aquarium and D-Day Museum
Day 3 - Historic Dockyard
Days 3 & 4 - Historic Dockyard & D-Day Museum Revisit