ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA - AMAZING

Last weekend we were up in Edinburgh, Scotland, for a long weekend. What I had forgotten was that the Royal Yacht Britannia which had been decommissioned in 1987 was now moored at Lieth (just outside Edinburgh). Once we realised we went along. This was the most fantastic few hours I have spent for a while.

We both agreed it was one of the best "museum" or visits we can remember doing. The ship is large. It used to have a crew of 250. You get to go through pretty much the whole ship - and all the furniture is still there. You can see where the Queen, Prince Philip and other members of the Royal family slept. The amazing dining room, lounges etc. Plus see the crew quarters - which were pretty cramped and misreable compared to what the royal family get. Some fun things too like the garage on deck that houses the Rolls Royce they used to trek along with them.

Fascinating stuff.

You can see photos (only of the oustide areas as you cannot take photos inside) on my personal website: click here and also visit the offical website which does have some internal photos: Royalyachtbritannia.co.uk