Our human sourced some wonderful outfits for us to wear on The Matthew for the cruise around Bristol Harbour with Piratitude.

When we boarded the band was busy doing a sound check.

We had a look around the ship while my human took some photos.  I have been on the Matthew before but it was Nye’s first time aboard.

A crew member helped set us the photo of us with the lifebouy.

It was a wonderful sunny evening and we enjoyed listening to the band as we cruised around the harbour.  The Matthew is a replica of the ship that John Cabot sailed to (and discovered) Newfoundland in 1497.  The journey was made again on this vessel in 1997.

We had lots of fun as I pretended to be the Captain and Nye a shipmate.

We had to be very careful going up and down the wooden steps.  The Matthew was  using an engine to travel around the harbour, but when she travelled to Newfoundland she would have had sailed there using sails and the wind.

We passed by the SS Great Britain…

The band was great fun and I was jolly pleased that Nye also likes to join in with a big.

After about an hour the ship docked and fish and chips were delivered for all board.

We were happy to drink lemonade, we don’t need rum or alcohol to be merry!

My human took this great photo of us with the band members.

https://horacethealresfordbear.com/2018/01/28/the-matthew-of-bristol/

We really enjoyed our trip, cruising on the wonderful Matthew and being entertained by Piratitude plus fish & chips made a very enjoyable evening.

Here is more about the band:

https://www.piratitude.com/home

More about The Matthew

https://matthew.co.uk/

My previous blog about The Matthew

Horace the Alresford Bear 19/5/2025