Really interesting day in Portsmouth visiting HMS Victory , the vessel used by the British under Nelson to defeat the Napoleonic French in 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar. Although they won, Nelson was fatally wounded and news of his death was relayed to London from Falmouth by horseback, passing through here at Overton as a rest stop.....history lesson over but strange to think that my great great great grandfather John Richards from Trentishoe , North Devon, who was born a few months before the battle , breathed the same air.. (Below: Luke Richards (2007-) my son at HMS Victory, Portsmouth UK 7/1/17)
