Portsmouth Harbour, England

HMS Victory

Southsea Castle

Portsmouth Harbour

So I jumped on the train and ventured out to the West about 20 minutes over to Porstmouth Harbour, a port town famous for its historic naval dockyard and the newest addition to its skyline, the Spinnaker Tower.  You can also catch a ferry, cruise ship or hydrofoil here and venture on to France, the Channel Islands or just across the way to the Isle of Wight.  On arrival, it was a beautiful sunny day, very rare for England I've now come to realize, although was lucky enough not to experience until now!  Everyone was out and about and I immediately discovered the port's footpath along the water and followed the locals, tourists and whomever else down the path.  The first place I hit was the historical dockyards of the royal navy.  Here they housed the HMS Victory and Warrior ships and museums for tourists to peruse and photograph.  The ships were amazing.  Some of the oldest boats in the world!  Onward to the east of the dockyard was the Spinnaker Tower, in Gunwharf Quays, a very busy shopping centre filled with shops, bars and restaurants galore...As you can see, it kind of reminds me a little of Seattle.  If you keep heading east along the water, you walk through a small carnival pier and eventually will run into Southsea Castle, where there is a beautiful lighthouse perched on top and you can see out on the English Channel for miles!  This castle was built in 1544 during the reign of King Henry VIII as one of his forts.  I was so lucky to be here on such a gorgeous, sunny day!  I definitely got my walking in for the day and around 5pm decided to finally jump on a train and head back home to relax.