Warsash

We chose today to do the next section of our walk which was the section passing along Stokes Bay round the head into Gosport.
We parked up in Alverstoke and returned on foot to The Diving Museum - walking into a sharp and very cold wind. We could see the red flags flying at Downberry which would have prevented us from passing through the military training area had we been going in that direction. From the museum we walked along the foreshore through Stokes Bay and around Gilkicker Fort. The Fort has been decommissioned for some time and is protected by high fencing with barbed wire. We quickly passed around it and continued on our way through Haslar, past the Royal Military Hospital which is being or has been converted into flats and houses.
We wandered past the entrance to the submarine museum then passed over the Haslar bridge into the harbourside marinas. The promenade overlooks Portsmouth and Gunwharf Quays where we had clear views of the waterside and the old city. The two new Royal Navy aircraft carriers were in port alongside the quay at the Royal Docks - they are truly enormous.
We enjoyed our picnic on the promenade adjacent to the sundial clock and the multi storey building that brilliantly puts it in the shade for most of the day.En savoir plus