Southampton

Spending two nights in Southampton before the cruise.  We came here on the train - unfortunately managed to strain my back a little when getting the luggage onto the train, but apart from that it was a good quick trip. 
Staying at a new hotel we haven't tried before - it's called Room2 and I'd say we'll definitely be back here next year.  If nothing else, it's air-conditioned which isn't at all guaranteed here - Canberra winters have me acclimatised to sleeping temperatures around 16 or 17 degrees and here they like to warm the rooms up far too much as far as I'm concerned.  So, the ability to cool the room is great.  And, it's also a comfortable studio suite with a little kitchenette, a nice big bathroom, a king size bed and heaps of room for the luggage etc.
Today we went to Portsmouth to see the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard again - we visited a few years ago but ran out of time to see everything we wanted to, so it was good to get back there. 
Tomorrow - 31 October - we're finally off to start our cruise.  This is the third year in a row we've been booked on this cruise and the other two had to be cancelled, so I'm really looking forward to this.