Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Portsmouth

Yesterday we drove down the coast, or along the coast to visit Portsmouth...to have alook at the historic part of the port
this is the Victory, Admiral Nelsons flagship used in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 when the English beat the French and prevented Napoleon fron invading England..
this is the inside of the Mary Rose...the flag ship for Henry the Eighth....sunk by the French in the Solent...it is amazing the recovery that has been made...some of the ship was in the mud and preserved.....shoes have been found, pewter plates, a lot of the surgeons equipment, the skeleton of the ships dog, gold coins, arrown, cannon and cannon balls, there is a huge collection of things to look at...

you view the ship remains through  windows and on your other side are some saved things to give you an idea of how the ship was set up. There were 500 people crammed on this ship and sadly only 35 survived. We had a great look around, had lunch in a cafe in an old warehouse and then headed home...

leaving Portsmouth...trying to get a photo of the ships in the dock!!

Monday, September 28, 2015

Selsey

Today has been a beautiful day...sunny a bit windy, but good in sheltered places, I had a walk to the local scout hall, an old WW2 water storage place that is mostly under ground...had an amazing fence made from old tools...I finally found the cache and a supermarket then walked back.....mmmmm...why did I buy so much????

beautiful thatched places in Selsey...

and here I spent the afternoon sitting stitching in the sun!!
I am distracted from my stitching by this....

but did manage to get some sttching done out in the sun this afternoon.
Happy stitching.


Walking again..

Today I got the bus to Chichester and then walked the Lipchis canal walk to the Chichester Basin...it is about 4 miles there and the same back....there are caches all along the way...was also busy with runners, cyclists, walkers and dog walkers.
I had my first and only I hope run in with nettles....they pack a punch let me tell you!!!!

Chichester Marina....boat club....and cafe (below) where I was told to get a table number if I wanted food as they did not do take away and had to have a table number to bring the food to....so dutifully I went and got a number!!!

the do what you are told cafe...

yacht passing through the lock to the harbour...

track was right next to the beach....


there were lots of historical and general signs telling you abouth the wildlife etc...this one was about a runway that was here in WW2, no sign of  it now, just a farmers paddock.


there was supposed to be a cache here, by the 45 deg fence posts, but it looked as though there was hay stacked by the fence and the whole lot had burned, was still smoking when I walked past...
loved this little place on the edge of the pathway...

following the track...

glimpses of the water...

end of the wooded area...now out into the fields...

I am being watched......

I came across this lovely church, there were ladies inside doing the church flowers, masses of them, as tomorrow is Harvest festival...it looked wonderful.
I came out nearly on the ring road here so one of the flower ladies suggested I get the 700 bus...would be safer for me, as my feet were sore I agreed and hopped on when it came along...was a big blue double decker.....that took me back into Chichester. ....so I could have a quick look at the cathedral...
this place was just outside the cathedral..

such a beautiful sky today....you can see the spire from all around the countryside...

inside....beautiful tapestry...

looking to the front....

remains of Roman mosaic under the floor...

most beautiful stained glass window.
I am off to get the bus back to  Selsy now. ..due for a refreshing drink!!





Heading back to Selsey

Today we had to leave Polzeath and head back to Selsey....managed not to get lostthis time, pretty much drove straight through,
grabbed a couple of pictures from the car as David was driving....

some villages had thatched roofed houses everywhere.....
we stopped at Emsworth because there was a cache there.....th I ught I knew where it was, so we found parking and had a wander...lovely village, with an enclosed harbour, the cache was by the water...David found it...pretty good for someone who doesn't  like geocaching!!!!I didn't  take a photo on the tablet so can't  show you the village just yet...off on our travels.


Sunday, September 27, 2015

Walking, walking.....

We have seen a tower/lighthouse on a point not far from Polzeath so thought we would go investigate today. We had to drive about 10 miles on narrow windy roads to get to Padstowe....then had to navigate the one way system (lucky it is a small town) to go back and fnd a parking space...then off we went....

Padstowe Harbour...


And again, this is the inner harbour, lots of  boats are out on the mud flats as the tide has gone way out...outside the harbor walls...

an old house I liked..

and off we go..the path follows the contours of the land, so sometimes it feels like you are walking miles and not getting anywhere. We went up a road, past a farm after asking directions, and then walked along the headland...much up I might add, hubby suggested I sit and wait for him at one stage but I was determined to get to the tower even if it took me much longer than hubby. The wind was howling past us when we got to the top, but it was worth it....the beach in the background of the previous photo is Polzeath, where we started from..
ta dah!!!! Don't  know what it was used for and it is old....but we made it!!

amazing scenery....

proof I was there!! Lol!! Heading off for lunch now....hot chips I think with salt and vinegar!!! Yum!


Port Isacc aka Port Wenn

This afternoon we headed off to Port Isacc, the home of the Doc Martin series...we had to park in a huge parking area 750m out of the town, or above the town I should say and the walk was all down!!
our first view...the Doc's  house is over to the right...


the harbour...


a tourist at the surgery of Doc Martin.....feel for the poor people who live here, they have people having their photos taken outside all day long!!

the panorama view from the surgery across the Port
off to negotiate more narrow roads now...

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Polzeath

The day has dawned bright and sunny and windy...lots of birds are singing around the place...we have decided to go walking along the National Walking trail along the coast, initally our idea was to try and get to Port Quin. But...

Heading off along the beach at Polzeath 

we passed this little inlet...

starting to climb up now... 

walking with  David...lol....
this was the hardest part, lots of steps and of course as you follow the coast line you wander in and out.....


Most amazing coast line..

We followed track like this... 

had views like this...

looked back over the farm land to where we had come from...


This was part of where we walked..and we didn't  make it to Port Quin because it would have taken us forever..... so after talking to some other walkers, we walked up another hill to a car park and then followed the road to the farm and then a walkicng track back towards Polzeath, we walked about 10 k's.....had sore feet I can tell you!!

back towards Polzeath again. Off for a cuppa and lunch now!!