15th July 2018 - Visit to Titanic exhibition.

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Kms today 104
Kms todate 1,680

Left the house at 9.30am to get to the Titanic exhibition by 11am. We took our bikes as Morag was going on to stay with friends afterwards. There was a light rain falling when we left so we donned our wet weather gear. We got to the Titanic quarter in plenty of time and parked under the exhibition building. We had tickets for everything, Titanic Discovery, Titanic Experience, the Nomadic tour and a free photo!!!
This the original drawing office and is now part of the Titanic hotel.
Morag and Alan outside the Titanic exhibition (in the rain).
It took all day but was very good. The Titanic Experience had plenty of visuals.
A scale model of the Titanic
The chief  designer/engineer was William Andrews who went to my old school, the Royal Belfast Academical Institution or Inst as it was commonly known. He was held in high regard by both management and workers. He wanted enough lifeboats to carry all the passengers but Ismay from the White Star Line overrode him. He went down with the ship but Ismay saved himself and lived the rest of his life in a remote part of Ireland and died alone. The Nomadic was a tender they used to ferry passengers to/from the boat in Cherbourg. It had been completely restored to its former glory.
The tender Nomadic
Colin and I headed back to Quentin bay and had leftovers for dinner.

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