The Golden Hinde

Saturdays from 28 April 2012

by Allegra Levine (9 years)
My mum organised for 31 of us and 6 parents to do a sleepover on the Golden Hinde (a replica of the ship in which Sir Francis Drake sailed round the world in 1580). We found out what it must have been like on board. For starters, they would have bumped their heads a lot, as we did, espe- cially where we slept on the floor in amongst the cannons. We managed to get to sleep by 11pm but we woke up very early! We were divided into three groups: officers, barber- surgeons and gunners. We learnt about what each did, for instance what happened if they needed a leg amputated, and how they got punished. The actors were all very funny. All the Night Living History £42.95 per person (min 20)

Tel 020 7403 0123

goldenhinde.com