Friday May 1st, 2026
Portsmouth – a Grand Day Out
Lyn and I went to Portsmouth and Southsea - where we: wandered about, had coffee at the tennis club by the harbour - more walking along the newly refurbished prom - then a delicious lunch at Viet Quan Cafe which had a splendid atmosphere with lovely people (serving and dining!) - "strongly recommend".
More wandering where we were driven to explore "Ravelin House" which seems a bit worse for wear; it's owned by the University, but is closed ("falling masonry") but I do hope there are plans to repair it. There are references to it on line with splendid and misleading pictures - clearly it used to be open to the public - but I fear (or possibly am grateful) not now.
Finally, after a short shopping interlude, we travelled home from the Harbour station - and how wonderful that you can stand right there and admire Warrior, in the dockyard.
I should mention - the weather was delightfully sunny and breezy all the time we were out - a truly English summer day at the coast - and only when we were travelled home did it cloud over as seen in my picture.
