PUPILS had the chance to look around a Royal Navy Lynx helicopter after it landed at Clevedon School.

North Somerset Times: Pupils meeting the crew Lt Adam Rudkin and looking around the helicopter.Pupils meeting the crew Lt Adam Rudkin and looking around the helicopter. (Image: Archant)

The visit was organised by schoolteacher Alexis Thomas whose husband Lieuntenant Duncan Thomas is in the Royal Navy.

North Somerset Times: Alexis and Duncan ThomasPic: M ThieAlexis and Duncan ThomasPic: M Thie (Image: supplied)

He was accompanied by Lieutenant Adam Rudkin for the flight from RNAS Yeovilton to the Valley Road school.

While there they spoke to sixth former about careers in the Royal Navy and the role of the force. Year 10 public services pupils also spoke to them and had a look around the aircraft.

Pupils from the nearby St Nicholas Chantry Primary School were also there to watch the visit.