2025 Monday, Sept. 29

Salisbury to Portsmouth

We left Salisbury early to be able to spend time viewing some of Portsmouth’s seafaring past. 

5.68 miles, sunny, 45 degrees, 92% humidity.

Richard’s ReLive video is here: https://www.relive.com/view/v7O9g3Xm3Qq

Salisbury’s train station.

We booked Radical Storage to hold our luggage for the day. imagine our surprise when it turned out to be The Ship and Castle bar.

Queen Victoria greeted us when we walked downtown for lunch.

Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth and has a museum.

We really only had time for a tour of the Victory. Sadly, it is being renovated and we could only get a brief idea of the majesty of the ship.

Once again it was a volunteer who helped us understand life on Victory. First he corrected that it was not cannons and cannonballs as they would be called on land, but guns and shot. He explained how three decks of guns would be firing while ships passed alongside each other. He also explained how 600+ men were able to coexist on the ship.

Since we had to pick up our luggage anyway, we had dinner at The Ship and Castle. Richard had meat pie and I had a fish pie.

Brittany Ferries was much better organized to get us onto our ferry, although they did not offer luggage checking so we were all shlepping our bags.

Our cabin class entitled us to a lounge where we had some tea before turning in for the night. Off to St. Malo, France!

4 Responses

  1. Okay, then, now off to a land that may have a few less rocks. I see all you are doing. It is amazing how many stained glass windows and other aspects of cathedrals and churches have been preserved. Are there holes in your shoes yet?

    1. I think our shoes will make it the rest of the trip, but they’re showing wear (I may have to get out my duct tape). I always love to see the stained glass and try to understand the stories and personalities of the characters. We Joneses are storytellers, and the windows are another medium.

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