The train from Maidstone to Tonbridge followed the river for some of the way and although the Tonbridge to Redhill train was unremarkable the journey from Redhill to Havant took us past Arundel Castle, green fields, rivers and trees.
My book is really compelling and I have to keep remembering to look out of the train window so I don't miss anything. I just saw a hawk of some sort swoop down on some prey in a field!
Despite the problems of the last couple of days with fallen trees and storm damage, every train has been on time. The man sitting behind me said that workers clearing the lines found someone's shed blown onto the track! The last leg between Havant and Portsmouth Southsea takes less than twenty minutes. The sun has shone for the whole journey and from Hilsea you can see the Spinnaker.
Ben was in a lecture when I arrived and I was lucky enough to find a useful book in the public library which he borrowed for me. Ben made me a cup of tea at his house and then took me on a walking tour of Portsmouth dockyard and Gunwharf Quays. We stopped for coffee on the way home at the Garage Lounge, which serves lovely home-made fruit drinks and nice coffee. The food looked good but Ben was cooking me a meal. We shopped for ingredients at Lidl and Ben cooked a delicious fish lasagne. He was generous enough to let me use his bed while he slept on the sofa and he saw me off at Fratton station after his tennis training session in the morning.
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