"The plan now is to continue the US flight early next year, picking up the journey where Tracey left off...."
I would earnestly recommend "picking up" from rather further back than where she "left off", which is a superb euphemism, and definitely a long way short of Boston as Jay Sata says.
"....so to receive this degree from University of Portsmouth is a tremendous honour, especially as I have a strong connection to Portsmouth as I am also an Honorary Officer with the Royal Navy"
Something of a non sequitur, and not exactly my idea of a strong connection per se, quite apart from the fact that she seems to have forgotten that her honorary rank is actually as a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve, vide
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/...21042/data.pdf .
Jack