My last foreign run ashore has just passed me by. I never imagined 21 years ago that my last foreign port would be Brest! I went for a run down to one of the coves along past the U-Boat pens. It was on a Friday and the Frenchies obviously secure early. Needless to say the back and side gates were shut when I got back to the dockyard and so I had to run round to the main gate. By the time I got back to the ship I had run 7.5 miles and was done in.
Whilst conducting some parade training on the jetty in the naval dockyard one of my fine Petty Officers was impressing with his pace stick. All was going well until he found the only hole in the jetty.... now his pace stick is floating somewhere in a French dockyard.
Whilst conducting some parade training on the jetty in the naval dockyard one of my fine Petty Officers was impressing with his pace stick. All was going well until he found the only hole in the jetty.... now his pace stick is floating somewhere in a French dockyard.
