Damp Day in Portsmouth

Today, cold and damp, a real UK chill to the bones kind of day.

We finished the washing (drama, drama trying to get the dryer working in the campground), then off to Portsmouth to their Historic Waterfron and Docks.

We visited both HMS Warrier, and  HMS Victory.  We took ourselves around the Warrier, but the Victory was  by guided tour only.  Amazing boats, and to think that 700 men lived on them together, all crammed in.

The Mary Rose, tudor boat, was unavailable and being refurbished.  In fact it was having a huge exoskeleton added around it to protect it.

After that it was onwards and upwards to Stonehenge, where there were hundreds of people gathered ready to celebrate the Winter Solstice by doing a lantern walk around the stones, accompanied by the odd Druid and a group of Morris Dancers.

Mark was looking for the scrificial human!