Not a bad place for a conference...

[anteros_lmc]

Just got back from the conference in Portsmouth tonight and I think it's fair to say that nodbear and I had a whale of a time! The weather was glorious and we got to spend three days in the delightful surroundings of the Historic Dockyard and the Royal Naval Club and Royal Albert Yacht Club. Our presentation went really well, we got lots of interesting comments and positive feedback, and only two clever people sussed that we're really just Hornblower fangirls ;) I'll post some more pics soon but in the meantime, this is the view from the room where we did our presentation....


And this is where we had dinner and drinks on Thursday evening...



Not bad eh?!

Comments

[esmerelda-t.livejournal.com]

Phft! Nothing wrong with just being fan girls! Comments on twitter indicated there were some really interesting talks.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Nothing wrong with being a fangirl at all! We were rather chuffed that a couple of people spotted the connection :) The papers were all completely fascinating, I'd love to have been able to hear more of them!

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Looks like you had a fabulous time.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

The conference is great and Portsmouth is a fascinating town!

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

And this is where we had dinner and drinks on Thursday evening

Were there any goats running around? It looks like there should have been goats. And chickens. And drunken sailors, of course.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

No, sadly no goats :( There were chickens though - in a rather nice curry! Not exactly traditional naval fare but very tasty :)

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

Well, seamen would have been the first ones to taste curry in foreign lands, so...

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Hah yes! "Put the chicken back Styles..." ;)

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

You both well deserved such privileged treatment. :) Huzzay!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

The conference organisers were the nicest people imaginable and everyone was really friendly. it was fab!

[amaraal.livejournal.com]

Not bad at all! *hugs you both* Good you had a whale of a time. Tell us everything!!!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Will do! I'll try and post some more pictures later in the week :)

[amaraal.livejournal.com]

Looking forward to it :)

The card has arriven :) Thank you!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! There should be another one arriving from Portsmouth sometime.

[katriona-s.livejournal.com]

Great!! Just great! I'm glad to know that you two had such successful time! I look forward to seeing more photos :)

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

This was my very first trip to Portsmouth so it was a real privilege to be able to see Victory like this :)

[nodbear.livejournal.com]

Have added small reprot of my own but agreeing with this

we did not quite drink Portsmouth dry though we did visit one of the pubs which Horatio Archie and Ned may well have known ...

thanks to everyone for the kind greetings

and we are back there in September :D

grand

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

We'll have another crack at drinking Portsmouth dry next time ;) Thanks for showing me the ropes!

[vespican.livejournal.com]

Bravo Zulu! Job well done!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Thank you sir!

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! (How could you focus there on speaking at all! ;D)

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

It was tough, but it's amazing how fear focuses the mind... ;)