Portsmouth

23 July 2017

Last day in Devon, celebrating survival on Dartmoor, cider for her, Jail Ale for me. Nice pub but lunch took a long time coming. Early start tomorrow to make it to Portsmouth in good time.













HMS Victory, nicely restored
23 July 2017 arrived in Portsmouth about noon and had time for lunch and several hours in the Historic dockyard. A few hours was enough for our weary bones and we squeezed in a harbour cruise - included in our ticket price. Weather behaved for us and some blue sky made an appearance.
Mary Rose

Spinnaker Observation Tower

Genuine Astroturf Garden on top level of tower

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