2010 - ARUNDEL CASTLE, PORTSMOUTH & THE ISLE OF WIGHT

ARUNDLE CASTLE

I AM HEADING TO ENGLAND TO SEE MY MUM IN PORTSMOUTH.

I HAD BEEN TO ARUNDEL CASTLE WITH HER & DAD A FEW YEARS PRIOR & AS IT IS ON MY WAY, I WILL HAVE ANOTHER LOOK..

ONLY FROM THE OUTSIDE.

OF COURSE, I CHECKED IT WAS OPEN BEFORE I LEFT - RIGHT?

STILL - IT WAS A NICE VISIT.

ARUNDEL STATION..

STAYED IN THIS PLEASANT HOTEL NEAR THE CASTLE ...

AND THE CASTLE WAS RIGHT NEXT DOOR ...

A BUS RIDE TO THE MEONS. A PLEASANT LITTLE VILLAGE IN HAMPSHIRE

I THINK IT IS A BIT TOO EARLY FOR THE PUB ...

WATCHING THE TRAFFIC IN PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR...

FROM A PUB ACROSS THE WAY

WITH THE SPINAKER IN THE BACKGOUND

AND FOOD IN THE FOREGROUND

THIS IS FAMOUS. FIRST IRON SHIP IN THE ROYAL NAVY .. HMS GREAT BRITAIN .. . or maybe not

IN THE SOLENT, ON THE WAY TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT, IF IT'S NOT TOO DEAR, A MARTELLO TOWER. KEEPING WATCH FOR NAPOLEON..

A HOVERCRAFT AT RYDE - IOW

ON TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT & FROM THE TOP DECK OF THE BUS, LOOKING DOWN ON SOME TINY, TIDY FRONT GARDENS

AND PAST A ROW OF HOUSES NEAR LAKE WHERE WE STAYED IN ABOUT 1960.

SHANKLIN

GODSHILL

BACK TO SOUTHSEA & OUTSIDE THE D DAY MUSEUM

THE CASTLE AT SOUTHSEA - CLOSED

A PUB IN HAVANT PUB

I HAD A SANDWICH IN HERE. ROAST BEEF WITH MARMALADE. SOUNDS VERY ODD BUT IT WAS GOOD.

CLOSEST DECENT PUB TO MY MUM AND DAD. ALTHOUGH MY DAD DIED THIS JANUARY PAST.

CHAMPAGNE! - IN A PUB! - THAT'S PROBABLY WHY MY DAD DID NOT LIKE THE PLACE

HOW DOES ANYONE GET OUT OF TOWN..

AND A GLIMPSE OF ARUNDEL CASTLE ON THE TRAIN TO LONDON