Breakfast with The Queen

FX helping TC take a picture of TSM taking a picture of them!

After the Travelling Teacosy’s return last night from a weekend in sunny Dorset, it was allowed a jolly good rest overnight, and then awoken from its slumbers at the ungodly hour of 5am and drive two miles down the road to Calshot Spit.

Whereupon, right on cue at 6am, came Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 – home again from New York after a six day trans-Atlantic crossing.

I arranged the general ‘arrival’ shots, plus pictures of Chorlkie taking pictures of our valued guest meeting The Queen, so do pop over to Chorlkie’s blog to find see the close-up pictures of their historic encounter!

Just click each image to see a larger version.

FX helping TC take a picture of TSM taking a picture of them!

Sunrise over Portsmouth across Southampton Water

Sunrise over Southampton Water

Yacht in the sunrise

TSM at Calshot Castle (by Henry VIII)

TSM prepares Teacosy to meet The Queen

Where’s the sun gone?

Laura Land Rover spots QM2

Here’s she comes (Molly on right)

What a beautiful sight

Now passing very close

If you look carefully you can see people!

Passing by

TSM leans back for a good Teacosy composition

Preparing to depart, RNLI Calshot lifeboat stood down

And then it was back home at 6.15 for our own breakfast and a jolly good rest after our early morning exertions.

This afternoon I’ve two American cousins visiting us for the day, so we’ll take the opportunity to show them around the New Forest, and Teacosy will be coming along for the ride.

We hope they’ll enter into the spirit of the occasion and partake in the general silliness (but who knows)!

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