No brekkie at hotel, so stopped at McDs a little way up the road. We continued west, along the coast, through Bexhill, Pevensey Bay, Eastbourne, Seaford, Newhaven (I never new it was there) and on into Brighton. Through, Shoreham and onto Worthing where we made a brirf stop, so someone could ring back home to get his lottery numbers placed, €15k the prize. I took this photo whilst waiting, in Steyne Gardens. No idea what it is.
As we've seen everywhere this tour, there's no shortage of holidaymakers at the seaside down south, Worthing being no exception.
Next stop was at a memorial to an RAF crew killed when their Hampden bomber crashed near the site in Bognor Regis, during WW2.
With a brief stop for lunch and loo, we pressed on through Portsmouth and on to Southampton, where we crossed the Itchen Toll Bridge, thankfully free to motorcycles.
Once free of Southampton, we entered the New Forest. It was lovely to see the ponies including many foals, as we approached Beaulieu, home of the National Motor Museum.
At Beaulieu the going got tough, as we got stuck in a queue of vehicles following a wide load lorry carrying a big yacht.
Eventually though we made it to our hotel in Bournemouth, the Celebrity. The entire hotel is celebrity themed, walls covered with pictures of the famous and each room name after someone, each except ours, which is just Room 122. WTF? I don't think any of the celebs would have stayed here but it seems there is some celeb connection (see pic below)
Our Route 66 chums Simon and Viv arrived from Wales and we spent a nice few hours over dinner chatting. It's great to catch up with them again. We'll have breakfast together tomorrow before they head home and we make for Torquay
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