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Published: October 9th 2022
Clock Tower Mall
Clock Tower Mall at the Royal Naval Dockyard. Construction of the Royal Naval Dockyard began in 1809. It remained an active naval base until 1951. One of the towers show the time and the other the time of high tide. Repurposed from 1982 as a museum, cruise centre and tourist attraction. Sandys Parish, Bermuda.
DSC_0545called at Bermuda for a day and a half. The morning before departure allowed for a stroll around the Royal Navel Dockyard. (Some passengers opted for a half day at the beach.) The Dockyard was the principal installation of the Royal Navy in the Atlantic region from the end to the 18th century to after World War II. It was a fortress as well as a repair base and naval supply depot. Construction of new facilities continued through the period of use, so that many solid structures were left behind. Bermuda has utilized the extensive Dockyard fortifications and buildings and repurposed them as museum, retail, restaurant and residential space. The repurposing continues as we noted that spaces vacant in 2010 now have new uses while others still remain empty and unsued.
After breakfast on board ship, Susan and I made our was ashore and fist visited the Bermuda Craft Market. The craft market is housed in the former Cooperage building. It displays an assortment of Bermudian crafts, food and other items. I found several Bermuda First Day Covers of interest. I looked for the Sherry Pepper Sauce I enjoyed last time, but could not find it. Instead, I
Casemates Barracks
Casemates Barracks on the south side of the Royal Naval Dockyard. Built in 1839-1843 of concrete, brick and limestone. The building housed 120 Royal Marines. Used as the Bermuda prison from 1951 to 1995.
DSC_0547 bought some Bermudian hot sauce. The Frog an Onion Pub is located here, too. I noted that a large "Kitchen Closed" sign was taped over the display menu! So, it turned out to be just as well we decided not to walk over for lunch the previous afternoon.
A walk through the former Victualling Yard brought us to the Dockyard Terrace. There are two stores here, Island Outfitters with T-shirts and the Crown & Anchor with Bermudian apparel. We stopped in Island Outfitters to look for a T-shirt for our grandson, but there were no toddler sizes. It was very crowded. It looked like the most popular T-shirt was "I survived the Bermuda Triangle"! So, we went over to the Dockyard Pharmacy. It had all sorts of souvenirs as will as British candy, biscuits and crisps. We found a T-shirt here. Goslings Rum has a store in the Dockyard, but we had received no rum orders from our family.
The Dockyard Terrace was a residential area for civilian Royal Navy employees and their families. While two of the structures are commercial space, the others have been renovated into condominium apartments. (Residents often find visitors in their backyards.)
North Basin Building #23
North Basin Building #23 warehouse facing the Victualling Yard.
DSC_0557 Walking back to the ship, we passed the Bermuda National Museum entrance. We'd visited the museum and fortifications in 2010.
Carnival Legend sailed at 1:00 p.m. There was a question and answer session with the stage performers in the late afternoon, followed by the game Deal or No Deal. The entertaining evening show was
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D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley
Bermuda
It sounds like you made the best of your time on shore.