AM: Today we ride to The Alverbank Hotel in Gosport near Portsmouth.
Route: Chichester - Emsworth - Langstone - Hayling Island Ferry Point - Southsea Ferry Point - Alverstoke - Alverbank Hotel, Stoke road.
PM: Well, the ride was 56 kms and quite easy and scenic. It was much better weather today, about 24 centigrade with a pleasant cool breeze.
We went past the D Day Museum in Portsmouth, which had a real Landing Craft from the big invasion of France, positioned outside the front. I didn't realise how huge they were.
Gosport is a vast improvement on Brighton and Hove. It's much cleaner and quieter, and more spacious with lovely architecture. It also has lots of traffic-free bike paths.
The Alverbank Hotel is really nice. It used to be a mansion where Queen Victoria used to stop off when she came down to go to her beloved Osborne House on the Isle Of Wight. There is a great view of the island from the front of the hotel. We were informed by the Receptionist that the room in which we are staying was used by the queen when she was waiting to go on to sail to the island.
We have been delighted by the sounds of the English birds. The Blackbird has a kind of choking sound, and we like the calls of the Wood Pigeon, the Raven, the English Magpie and of course the ever present shriek of the Gulls.
Arriving at The Alverbank Hotel.
Portsmouth.
The view of The Isle Of Wight from the terrace of The Alverbank Hotel.
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