UK Tour Part 2

Friday 24th August - Saturday 25th August (day) - Portsmouth

Portsmouth and Southsea Backpackers Lodge.

4 Florence Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO5 2NE, 023 928 32495.

Saturday 25th August (evening) - Sunday 26th August (afternoon) - Southampton

Get voucher for food here - Dock Gate 4. Restaurant in the former ballroom of South Western Hotel, the Hotel where the "important" guests stayed before the Titanic sailed. The Hotel has been restored as apartments, and if you ask nicely, the owner of the restaurant will let you through to see the lobby. The restaurant itself is a lovely place to dine, the food is good, and if you go to the web-site, you can usually get a lunch-time voucher that will let 2 eat for the price of 1 (no catches). Only a few minutes from cruise departures, and close enough to some other historical cruise-related buildings and the old town walls for a stroll.

Try and stay here Linden Guest House, 51-53, The Polygon, Southampton, SO15 2BP, (023) 80225653

Visit the City Walls We have some of the best medieval town walls in the country – you can follow the signs (“Walk the Walls” feet and information panels) to wander around for an hour. About half of the one mile circuit still survives. Many of the towers and gates are still standing, including the famous Bargate. This is a good point from which to start your walk – it is one of the finest town gateways in the UK, And you'll pass by most of the oldest surviving buildings (see below)