Portsmouth - Andrews local

Recovered from our travels and with Andrew settled back in St Johns I get to experience, in a small way, his local environment.
Andrew loves the clubs so he has shown me where they are and we viewed one of them from the outside - I can only imagine what they are like inside at midnight on a Friday night! The Goose I understand - this is Andrews local pub, which sits within a stones throw of my B&B and 1 minutes walk from the back gate at St Johns. Last night we had dinner there with Andy & Bundy, the other two "gappies" from Scots who are at the school with Andrew.
Although Wednesday is Andrews busiest day he was free again this morning and we took the opportunity to go shopping along the aptly named, Commercial Rd. We visited the Portsmouth FC shop which has every kind of item branded with the local clubs logo - the supporters here are call pompeys. Andrew used some of his birthday money this morning to purchase a stunning leather jacket from the designer outlet store - only £50. No worries about the cold - between the new jacket and the lovely duffle coat he has been wearing during my visit he'll be toasty for the rest of the winter.
A few small items were purchased as souvenirs (mostly for Alan) - Tonys souvenirs are my photos and his present is that I didn't spent any money on him or myself - Oh! . . . except a few books.
The boys had to be back at school for lunchtime duty in the sports hall (Gym) - much of their duty time seems to be in the sports hall, lunchtime and evenings - not an onerous task for 3 teenagers who love to hoon about. I am engaged to meet the boys in Andrews house this evening at 8:30 and tomorrow he will walk with me to the station at Fratton - its an easy journey by train to Woking and then bus to Heathrow. The hardest part will be the parting here - I take heart that I am leaving a boy in a good situation, with good friends around him and excited to be leaving on Friday for a week in Spain.
PS Those of you engaged to pick me up - see you Saturday morning 11am.