Clipper Race

Today fellow Blipper W and I went to Portsmouth to see the start of the Round the World Clipper Race. We started with coffee and cake (of course) in the Spinnaker Tower cafe and then watched the crews in their final preparations before their ships were blessed by the Dean of Portsmouth Cathedral. 
We had some lunch in the Hot Walls cafe and took up our positions to await the Parade of Sail. It was lovely watching each Clipper leave and wondering what they had in store over the next 10 months before their return to Oban next July.