Forton Lake is a tidal lake in Gosport Hampshire U.K. At it's east end it joins into Portsmouth Harbor. The lake has been used since Saxon times. When the tide goes out the lake drains almost completely. I wanted to take these pictures as soon as I saw some of these boats when I moved nearby the lake. My hope was nothing more than wanting to display these thought provoking boats and the artistic side they provide before they decay even more and disappear altogether. Most are thought to have been used by the Royal Navy in the past as barges and transporters of goods for the navy. They provoke a lot of thought as you stand there and wonder about the colorful people that once owned them and what they got up to.
Parts of the lake are not easily accessed and a small community of houseboats are moored at the western end of the lake. At the west end of the lake, a POW camp for German prisoners of WW2 once stood where there is now a small housing estate and a school.
While this post was only meant to be a Photo Gallery of these boats, it wouldn't be fair to not mention the citizens of Gosport whom indeed are great and friendly hard working people that like to have fun and have a long history of perseverance and determination. If it could be said that Portsmouth residents are colorful then Gosport residents are even more colorful.
Do Have A Good Day Friends; And Expand Your Horizons At Every Opportunity !
J. R HILTON
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