86:50!!!!!!

ST LUKE'S: So I conquered the cold, windy Portsmouth course and recorded a time of 86:50 for the 10 mile event and, in the process, also grabbed a new PB of 54:45 for 10 kilometres. Washed down with a pint of Stella and a plate of fish and chips it made for a most successful weekend.

Hopefully tonight I'll get a chance to post some pictures of the Historic Dockyards where, amongst other things, we took a harbour cruise to see a genuine aircraft carrier, looked at the Mary Rose in a climate controlled environment designed to preserve this Tudor-era battleship and strode the decks of the Victory a la Lord Nelson at Trafalgar. Other highlights included a Harrier Jump Jet simulator and a machine gun simulator.

Portsmouth itself was okay. The older parts were quite beautiful and atmospheric (we drank in a 300 year old harbourside pub) while the newer parts were suitably chavvy. The only disappointment was that we couldn't really hit the pubs and clubs for a night of chav fun!

Got home to pleasent Brixton to find out there was a shooting on the estate. However unlike the last stabbing I blogged about, this one turned out to be fatal. You can read about it here.