Battleaxe revisits Southsea and Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

OK, so it wasn’t quite as idyllic as last year (see this post) because the weather wasn’t fine and sunny, but nevertheless we had a very good time. Started off with a night in the…

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Portsmouth and Southsea – such an interesting trip.

Early in the summer we spent a few days in Bournemouth, Portsmouth etc. Well, our tickets to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard were valid for a year, so we decided to go back.  We stayed in…

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Bournemouth, Swanage, Portsmouth – travels with Battleaxe, three piers!

Excellent few days break, starting in Bournemouth (where they charge to go on a pier not nearly as good as Hastings), to Swanage, then up to Portsmouth and the Historic Dockyard, staying in Southsea.  …

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