Travelogue: Go West, Where the skies are blue

So a belated travelogue of our time in the West Country. I tried it before but computer said no so here is a second attempt.
We travelled down on the Wednesday evening arriving on Thursday morning... About 1am which meant a good lie in which didn't leave great space for much so on Thurs afternoon we went into Dorchester where we visited the county museum - some exhibits are the same the taxidermed fish and the skellington with the arrow head in its spine but the cafe (not seen by us) and the railway posters exhibition was new. We went back again in the evening for Eddie the Eagle at the plaza.
Friday we headed westwardser to Plymouth for brekkie at the Royal William yard

Most things you help yourself to and then just order the cooked bits from the waiters.... Except the toast and boiled eggs which were DIY. You then had to be honest at the till about what you ate! The dockyard used to be where the navy resupplied so breakfast was actually in the old slaughterhouse. We saw no porcine ghosties this time round.
We headed off to see Grandma and some family photos

Friday was finished off by a curry in Dorch with some friends.
On Saturday we went to a 1950s themed birthday party

On the Sunday we went to the Royal Signals museum in Blandford army camp. You have to show ID on the way in.
We learned a lot not least about Fany's

And how to become one

Woody found the motorbikes

And our lovely ID badges that we had to hand back in so the army can have fun with Id fraud

Dad making sure he is recognisable and matching his photo badge

We drove home the scenic route stopping if at Milton Abbey. (Thought of you Peter D). Not sure if the house is in the grounds of the abbey or if the abbey is in the garden of the house...

The village is very pictureskew though originally built so that the owner of the big house didn't have to overlook the dwellings of those who worked for him

On our return to Kent we went to the Medway Maritime Museum. Had a tour in HMS Ocelot.
Hello submariner.

And this is what he can see

Using the toilet is apparently not allowed so you have to use the bins provided.

We had a go at making rope with guidance from a Victorian lady who taught us to spin a yarn, how to swing a cat (of 9 tails) and putting our sheets to the wind.