Diamond Jubilee River Pageant

[FlyTexas]

Watched it this morning on the BBC (online). Very impressive display of boats, and the Spirit of Chartwell looked great all decked out. Did anyone else watch or was I all alone?

Brian

[TSR2]

Recorded it this morning on Tivo and we're just finishing watching it now. Real shame the weather was so dire.

[Garry Russell]

Did anyone else watch or was I all alone?

I made a point of missing it...does that count for anything ????

[FlyTexas]

I wasn't planning on watching any coverage but when I read about the flotilla I just had to watch. They had some really nice boats on the river.

Brian

[Airspeed]

Did anyone else watch or was I all alone?

I made a point of missing it...does that count for anything ????

Fancy some sunshine Garry? There's a few republicans in Australia, you might like to join.

[Rich]

Saw a good bit of it here on BBC, almost as damp as it is here but without the typhoons.

Sure I saw a MTB amongst that lot, is there any still afloat ?

[speedbird591]

Sure I saw a MTB amongst that lot, is there any still afloat ?

MTB102 was the admiral's flagship at the Dunkirk evacuation and was leading the Dunkirk Little Ships at the pageant.

http://www.adls.org.uk/t1/node/609

Ian

[DaveB]

Yes.. that was a belter wasn't it. I just love the shape of our MTB's.. even our later ones which were in service when I was in the mob.. Scimitar, Sabre, Cutlass and Tenacity

ATB
DaveB

[Garry Russell]

Ah...good old naval names

Conjures up visions of boarding enemy ship waving arms screaming battle cries with your tenacity held firmly in your hand

[nigelb]

Of course I watched the river pagent thanks to BBC America. I am also chuffed that one of our local PBS ststions has renamed on of its four digital channels as WETAUK and is showing British television shows 24/7. Many old shows, but also some currently broadcast in the UK. So with BBCA, BBC World News and this new channel, I am now spoilt for choice.

Nigel²