The Official Nonsense Thread

[Caspin]

Ah, Assassin's Creed. It is something played in my house and my brother likes it too. The last game was a bit pants but the earlier ones set in Italy were quite pretty.

Today was a lot of fun. I went to the Historic Dockyard here in Portsmouth and saw the Mary Rose in its new museum and also went round the Victory. Really interesting, especially the Mary Rose. I was only about 5 when they finally managed to raise her from the seabed so I don't remember all the hype, but I have read a few books about it and am interested in the science involved in its conservation. They have been spraying the whole ship with polyethylene glycol for the last 20 years so that all the timber will be waxed and preserved. In the meantime they salvaged a lot of skeletons and artefacts and did conservation work on them too. Now there's a fantastic museum built around the whole lot. It will take the next four years for the timber to dry.

As usual I have a tonne of facts in my head right now but I will try to keep them contained. If you want to know more look here: http://www.maryrose.org

Also I had a go with a long bow and managed to not completely fudge it up, so I hope you're suitably proud of me!

Tomorrow I'll be getting the ferry to the Isle of Wight, where I hope the shower will be less aggressive!