After the night on the HMS Caviler the group went on to Leeds Castle & the Go Ape Exhibit. From what I can tell, the Go Ape was a zipline thingee in the forest. But I haven't seen any photos from that.
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| Three successful monkeys having completed the Go Ape course in the grounds of Leeds Castle. |
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| Garrett bowling the ball to DB, David ready deep in the field |
Sometime, before leaving Chatham, it looks like Mark Silvester took the boys to see the War Memorial that commemorates Joshua & David's Great Great Grandfather - Able Seaman Robert Grist. I was so glad that the boys got to visit a bit of their family heritage.
Here was my request to have someone take the boys to see it:
A British "heritage request" from an American mum. If the group's travel itinerary takes you to the Chatham Dockyards, would someone please help my boys (David & Joshua Whitney) to see the World War I Memorial. Their great great grandfather (Robert George Grist) went down with his ship - H.M.S. Aboukir - when it was sunk there by a German U-Boat in 1914. I have heard the memorial "overlooks the town of Chatham and is approached by a steep path from the Town Hall".
The "Chatham Naval
Memorial" overlooks the town of Chatham in Kent England. It was
unveiled by the Prince of Wales in April 1924. The memorial is said to
contain the names of over 8,500 sailors. On September 22, 1914 - a
German sub sunk 3 British ships. Josh & David's great great
grandfather was on one of those ships... the H.M.S. Aboukir.
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| Joshua & David in front of the Chatham Naval Memorial. |
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| David pointing out Robert Grist's name. |
