Friday 25/9/15
This morning we left Oxford heading for Brighton. We had decided to go a slightly longer way so we could call into the town of Winchester and then Portsmouth before arriving at Brighton. We thoroughly enjoyed our stop at Winchester where we did a walk around the town that included alot of history about King Alfred who ruled Wessex from 871 till 899. He was called Alfred the Great due to being an outstanding soldier, scholar and statesman. There was an enormous statue of Alfred in the main street of Winchester. When we had finished the walk, we discovered that there was a lovely Friday market going on with a wonderful array of stalls. From Winchester we drove to Portsmouth. The docks were very busy and we had a lovely walk around the quays watching the coming and goings of all the boats and ferries. It was soon time for us to be on our way to Brighton. It was about 3pm in the afternoon but the traffic was the worse we had seen. Apparently lots of people go places for the weekend and there were cars everywhere. We crawled at a snail's pace into Brighton. Once we'd met our host and settled into our B&B we walked to a nearby Pub for tea. Following tea we decided to walk down to the beach which was not too far away. We could see the famous Brighton Pier all lit up a little further along so we decided to walk to it. It was further than we thought but it didn't matter as it was a perfect night for a walk being still and very mild. We have continued to have beautiful weather and today was no exception. We even felt hot at times during the day.
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