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Sunday 27 September 2015

Tom's Graduation Ceremony on Plymouth Hoe


I had a very fun day this week attending our eldest son Tom's graduation ceremony from Plymouth University up on Plymouth Hoe, which is a fantastic site to place one of the largest marquee's in Europe and with some stunning sunny weather made the day complete.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Hoe



As well as enjoying celebrating Tom's hard work over the last three years and looking forward to his travel and life plans to follow, I was able to take a bit of time to observe the view.


Naturally my eye is always drawn to the military, modern or historic. Plymouth and Devonport is the historical home of the Royal Navy and the place where Sir Francis Drake, observing the Spanish Armada entering the English Channel, remarked that there was still time to finish his game of bowls before leading his ships out to battle.


The Hoe overlooks the entrance to the main harbour at Plymouth and saw the arrival in 1815 of HMS Bellerophon, more affectionately known as the "Billy Ruffian", with its very famous guest on board, General Napoleon Bonaparte, the ultimate celebrity of his day.  This very famous stretch of water hasn't changed much, only the ships look a lot different.


Plymouth is still a very active base today and whilst enjoying the surroundings and festivities I grabbed a few shots of the activity going on around and above us as we nibbled at the canapés.



Tom is now preparing to set off on his trip to Australia and the Far East whilst his younger brother Will is now back from Paris and has started at Plymouth to study medicine. So for Carolyn and me, its a case of one in and one out!

Next up the 1/54e Regiment de Ligne
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4 comments:

  1. Gozza27 September 2015 at 03:56

    My congratulations to Tom & to you the proud father.

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  2. Jonathan Freitag27 September 2015 at 09:15

    Congratulations! One down and one to go.

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  3. Lawrence H28 September 2015 at 00:01

    Congratulations to all! I remember thinking there was nothing better than seeing all those years of effort and hard work rewarded (and I suppose it has to be said the kids do put a fair bit of effort in too).

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  4. carojon28 September 2015 at 11:06

    Thanks for your comments chaps. Tom put in a lot of hours study in his final year, and the Roman project bears testimony to that, but I am hoping he might get the third cohort of auxiliaries done before he goes off to Australia.

    Hey Lawrence, good shout, I got the feeling the dons on stage were enjoying the moment before getting back to it with another crop of freshers that had started the same week!

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