Spinnaker Tower Portsmouth

Today we went down to Portsmouth. It took about an hour of driving so we wound up in the city before 11am.

When we walked out of the car park building and above ground to look for a drink we walked past one of Jamie Oliver's restaurants and my Uncle suddenly walked in to the restaurant and booked us a table for lunch while the rest of us …

Yet another adventure today! We travelled along the coast to Portsmouth, not for the factory outlet shopping but for the main attraction... the magnificent 560ft Spinnaker Tower! Right on the harbour, it cuts a stunning image against the skyline, especially when it's a clear and sunny day, which we were lucky enough to have.

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... ’s main shopping area, known as Gunwharf Quays.  The entire area was quite modern, and the observation tower, Spinnaker Tower, is located along the seaside of the complex. Spinnaker Tower was supposed to be completed in 1999 and dubbed ...

... . We purchased a combined ticket that gave us entry into everything, as well as a harbour cruise and entry to the nearby spinnaker tower. Since the tower was outside the dockyard, we decided to do it first. After a few wrong turns we managed to find the ...

... the area is now full of bars and restaurants, most with great water views with a lot of ships coming and going. The Spinnaker Tower is not amazingly high, but set in this very flat area gives a great view of the dockyards, and in particular ...

... - it's great not being hassled every two minutes for a change. We walked along the waterfront to South Sea past the Spinnaker tower, a lovely old church and a some historic old sites. Most impressive of all though was the Freakin Hovercraft!!!!! So ...

... ! We travelled along the coast to Portsmouth, not for the factory outlet shopping but for the main attraction... the magnificent 560ft Spinnaker Tower! Right on the harbour, it cuts a stunning image against the skyline, especially when it's a clear and ...

... , warm/hot and no wind.  Today cold, overcast and a wind that would go right through you. we went up top of Spinnaker Tower. Kath did really well after a little hesitation at first.  Views across Portsmouth, the Navy base and across to Isle of ...

... they were then. Everything only opens at 10am and at the duly appointed time we raced a crowd of oldies to the entrance to Spinnaker Tower (wasn’t difficult there were a number of walking sticks and a wheelchair on the other side!). Sooo . . . we ...

... ! And the uniforms are guaranteed to get the girls. Danny and I climbed (= went up in an elevator) the new Spinnaker Tower to get a better view of Portsmouth and environs. The 100 metre level has a glass section of floor - that can be pretty dizzying. ...

Today we drove to Portsmouth.  Where there is the Spinnaker Tower  NOPE  NOPE  I did not go up can't make me.  Mary John and debi did. Mary did her pushups why you ask? well last year her brother Ethan was here and he did pushups ...

... old sailing ships were terrific (very ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’).  We even got Claire up to the top of Spinnaker Tower to the deck level.  She didn’t walk across the glass section of the floor though.  The highlight in ...