Flotilla of boats welcomes Thomson home
The record-breaking sailor Alex Thomson has been officially welcomed home to Gosport in Hampshire, after coming third in the round the world Vendee Globe race.
Thomson finished the route in eighty days, setting a new British record. He was greeted today by a flotilla of boats.
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