Spice Island Walkabout

Not having been to the Camber in Old Portsmouth for a while and having a day off Mrs BB and I parked up at Eastney and cycled along the seafront in the good weather.

In all honesty not too much had changed which is all to the good, the Spice Island Inn actually isn't that old being the amalgamation of two pubs around the 1990's. Going further back in history 17th and 18th centuries the area has a bad reputation for drunken sailors, smugglers, women of the night and general bad behavior, non of which was on display during our visit fortunately.

A superyacht alongside GunWharf Quay

The Still and West and the harbour entrance which was temporarily blocked by HMS Vanguard in the 1960s, one end of the ship was wedged just behind the pub and the other end in Gosport. There's a fantastic  photo in the pub.

Pretty much where Vanguard was resting on the Gosport side, the Mary Mouse ex trinity house light vessel.

 The Millennium tower just across the water which forms the exit for the Wight Link ferries terminal, with said ferry just embarking over to presumably Fishbourne, no need to way you can practically shake hands as it passes!!