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The penultimate section of our walk saw us driving to Hilsea where we parked up near to the train station. From there we walked across to Langstone Harbour to pick up the pathway which we followed southwards into Portsmouth. We watched a strange incident in the harbour - the surface of the water was broken as if by an underwater jet which lasted for a few seconds. The water surface appeared to be boiling for which we could see no explanation, the eruption soon died down to a steady stream of water coming from below which rippled the surface- presumably some pumped outflow into the harbour. An egret clearly considered it the possible source of some food.
This section of the walk was most enjoyable, hugging the coastline for most of the way - around Eastney, Southsea and into Old Portsmouth. - an area rich in naval history with monuments and memorials galore.
The walk took us through Gunwharf Quays, and after a cursory visit to M and S and a compulsory visit to the Cadbury shop we escaped the commerce to finish the walk at the Harbour train station where we were lucky to find a train to take us back to Hilsea waiting on the platform. Czytaj więcej