Hello!
Today we went into Frances' college again to see what an exam is like. It was boring! Alberto kept having to wake me and Bullseye up as we fell asleep a lot. There were rows and rows of students at desks, and a HUGE clock projected on the wall at the front.
Afterwards, we were all a bit restless from sitting still for so long, so we decided to go for a walk! In fact, we decided to skip the bus and walk all the way home!
It was really fun! Right next to the college is a field of horses, which Bullseye was very happy to see! He has decided that if we come to college with Frances again he will spend the day there instead of coming to class!
We passed a golf course, but no one seemed to be playing (although we saw some people later with golf bags!) After about half an hour, we reached the top of the hill and could see out over all of Portsmouth. Frances pointed out the places we had visited, and also some of the places she had taken ProfessorRiverSong last year. She then pointed out her house, and our hearts sank. It was a very long way away. But we were not going to let the distance stop us, so we picked up the pace, and stuck our tongue out at every bus we passed!
We were passed by a lot of buses. Frances said that was good, because it meant we were going the right way.
Eventually, we came to a big sign that implied that we'd made it to Portsmouth. Unfortunately, the sign was just to let drivers know that they were nearly there. Cars go a lot faster than people, so for us it just meant we were still heading in the right direction.
In Cosham, we found a fire station which was quite exciting! There wasn't much action while we were there, but that's good as it means there weren't any fires!
We stopped to catch our breath on the bridge, that goes over the creek that separates Portsmouth from the mainland. The water looked cool and refreshing, but I could see there was a lot of mud at the edges so I stopped Bullseye from going in!
We passed the place where the Portsmouth newspaper is printed, which looked like an exciting place! Unfortunately, it started to rain while we were there, so we moved quickly on!
After an hour and 45 minutes (instead of the 20 minutes it takes on the bus!) We came to the stone that marks the original boundary of Portsmouth. This was a relief, because although the journey was fun we were very tired!
Jessie & Bullseye xx