Welcome to the Royal Brittania (with Morris!!)

I have to confess that a tour of "Her Majesty's Yatch Royal Brittania" was not high on my agenda but Larry suffers through all the things I want to see so I obliged - and I have to say I am so glad I did! We spent nearly 3 hours there and here are some views:

The yatch was decommissioned in 1997 and Edinburgh won the privilege

of having it as a tourist attraction. On the right of the photo you will see the

stairwell which has been attached and is where you can enter at each level

 

Our first view of staff accommodation - there were 250 staff and

here is one of the Admiral's offices - and my goodness what is that seat covered in???

'Rose' from William Morris!! ......what taste

Even the Royal car had a garage on board

The Queen's bedroom

Prince Phillip's bedroom

I think this is the petty officers lounge room - William Morris coverings again!

'Rose'

Petty Officers dining room - I think - there was so much to see it is a bit of a blur!

The silver-ware storage room

Royal dining room

It would take 3 hours to set the table and each position

of the cutlery would be measured with a ruler

Royal lounge

Yatchsman quarters

Each locker could house a staggering 22 uniforms

and Larry is standing beside 2 lockers!

Chief petty officers sleeping quarters and William Morris again!

'Golden Lily'

The sick bay

Even the chair is covered in Morris!

The yatch could be turned into a hospital and could accommodate

200 patients in an emergency - even a fully functional surgical theatre

The laundry could wash up to 600 shirts a day and staff

may have needed to change uniform six times a day

....of course after all that!

Delicious smoked salmon sandwich

A sign on the way home

A piece of art - on closer exmination you will notice

it is just a stem, leaves, flowers and a butterfly