Wednesday, June 15, 2005


Charles W Morgan at Mystic Seaport, Connecticutt (not participating at UKs celebrations!!)

The Trafalgar 200 celebrations are taking place on the week beginning 27 June in Portsmouth (Hampshire) UK. I am quite excited by the Fleet Review taking place on the afternoon on Tuesday 28 June, as well as the 'Son et Lumiere' show that same evening. there will be hundreds of tall ships, Royal Navy ships and international ships for us to see! And the best of all is...the whole show is for free, we only have to turn up at the seafront! Quite differently from the much publicised International Festival of the Sea (IFOS) at the dockyard, with a £20 per person entrance fee for each day. I've read the information on their website and there is not even a programme! Hey, with an entrance fee of £20 I think we deserve more information than vague "wide variety of music to suit all tastes" and "exciting mix of internationally renowned military bands from home and overseas". How about a programme with a list of all entertainment with times and venues? The IFOS website includes pages on the Fleet Review, Trafalgar 200 and Military Displays. As if they were part of the same IFOS. part of what you get from your £20 entrance fee. This is misleading. These events are 100% free and IFOS should make that clear on their website. I for one am NOT going to waste my money on IFOS, but will happily go to the seafront for the other free events.


Las celebraciones del Trafalgar 200 (bicentenario de la batalla de Trafalgar) tendran lugar durante la semana del 27 de Junio en Portsmouth (Hampshire), Reino Unido. Yo no quiero perderme la Fleet Review (revista a la Flota naval) de la tarde del martes 28 de Junio, asi como el espectaculo de 'Son et Lumiere' al atardecer. habra cientos de barcos de vela, antiguos y modernos, barcos de la marina mercante y de la Royal Navy, muchos incluso venidos del extranjero para la ocasion. Y lo mejor de todo es que...es gratis! Solo hay que ir al puerto o a la zona del paseo maritimo y hacerse con un espacio! Que diferencia con el tan cacareado International Festival of the Sea (IFOS) que cuesta £20 por persona por dia. He leido la informacion de la pagina web del IFOS y ni tan solo he encontrado el programa! Hey, pagando £20 me parece que el publico se merece como minimo algo mas de detalle que explicaciones tan vagas como "gran variedad de musica para todos los gustos" y "una excitante mezcla de bandas militares de fama nacional e internacional". Por que no hay un Programa de Actos con una lista con dia, hora y lugar? La pagina web del IFOS tiene incluso paginas especiales para la Revista a la Flota,las celebraciones Trafalgar 200 y las paradas militares. Como si estas fueran parte del IFOS, incluidas en el precio de entrada de £20. Da lugar a malinterpretaciones, no? Estos actos son gratuitos al 100% e IFOS tendria que dejarlo bien clarito en su pagina web. Lo que es yo, no voy a gastar ni una libra en IFOS, pero por supuesto voy a ir al paseo maritimo a ver (gratis) los barcos!


The weather today:
Partly Cloudy
21C
UV Index:4 Moderate
Wind:From the Southwest at 2,3 mph
Dew Point:8C
Humidity: 43%
Visibility:6 miles
Barometer: 1,0,1,0.8 mb

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