I spent Thursday of last week down in Portsmouth. I'd travelled down the night before from a course that I was running in Birmingham, so it was a long day, and I got to my hotel quite late. I was in what the hotel described as a 'soundproof room', although the large gap under the door, the thin walls and 'energetic clientele' meant that I questioned the validity of the description. Slept surprisingly well for all that, and the following morning took a blustery walk through the edges of the city and into Gunwharf Quays , following a route that I'd walked before on a previous visit to work with students at Priory Geography . I entered the Historic Dockyards, home to the Mary Rose and other nautical treasures... and made my way to the venue. The event was organised by members of the Geography department at Priory School in Portsmouth, particularly Jo Debens. The event brought together around 50 students from a number of local schools, and was hosted o...
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