Bright autumn day - popped out to Portsmouth

It was a beautifull bright autumn day and I had a break at lunch to pop down to Portsmouth's Gunwharf Quays Spinnaker Tower. All photos taken with Leica M9 and Voigtlander 15mm, f4.5.

      Spinnaker Tower Facts

• The Spinnaker Tower opened to the public on 18 October 2005.
• The Tower has been a huge success and has received over 600,000 visitors within the first year of opening.
• The high speed internal lift travels at 4 metres per second, taking you to the View Decks in just 30 seconds.
• The concrete used to build the Tower would fill five-and-a-half Olympic-sized swimming pools.
• The Tower is founded on 84 piles, the longest of which runs 50m into the ground – the equivalent of Nelson’s Column.
• The total weight of the Tower exceeds 30,000 tonnes.
• The 27m spire weighs 14 tonnes and was carefully lifted into place by crane.
• 1200 tonnes of structural steel used to form the Tower's distinctive bows is the equivalent weight of 12 blue whales.
• 115 metres up and in high winds, the Tower can flex approximately 150mm.
• There are 570 steps from the base up to View Deck 3, The Crow's Nest.

It is Revival Festival at Goodwood so there are a lot of beautiful old classics on the road.  This pristine E-type Jag was parked next to me and I had to take a pic.