The D-Day and VE-Day events have been and gone but - at least for the moment - the vents from earlier this year left Portsmouth dockyard with a couple of extra attractions.
The first is easily the less obvious, being a WW2 vintage Amphibious truck: the famous DUKW which is currently parked up outside the entrance to the Naval Museum.
Some vehicles have a charm to them and you somehow end up with a warm feeling about a piece of machinery. That's definitely the case here. I've had a soft spot for the DUKW ever since I was a kid.
Did they come in different sizes because I'm sure this is smaller than the one I saw on Southsea Common back in June.
When I was there the DUKW had some women in Land Girl outfits stood next to it chatting to tourists so maybe I should have asked one of them what the hell
this bit was for.
It's clearly there to do something, I just can't figure out what that might be. Something to do with the water-drive?
Another view from the opposite side.
The other attraction is more noticeable in the sense that helicopter pilots could use it as a landmark.
You may have seen the famous VJ-Day photo of a US sailor delivering a powerful kiss to an unsuspecting nurse.
It's been parodied in Night At The Museum 2 and Watchmen so even if you haven't seen this photo, part of your backbrain recognises it from somewhere.
Well, somebody made a statue of that and put said statue in Portsmouth Dockyard right next to the HMS Victory.
It's really well done and i kinda like it. It's also pretty big. The photo above doesn't show you the scale so how about a wider angle?
That's the Mary Rose Museum in the background and this is taller than the building. Like I said this is a big statue and must be 3-4 times taller than I am.
Hopefully it will stick around for a bit because I'm all in favour of statues with a bit of charm and fun to them.
That's All Folks.
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