London in July - not my idea of fun.

You could just get on a train and go to Portsmouth - there is the castle and the walls and forts - both on the sea front and further inland. There is the dockyard and the Victory and other tourist attractions - Dickens' house for instance.

From there you could visit Winchester, Beaulieu and the New Forest if you hired a car for a couple of days.

Fly from Southampton airport to Edinburgh maybe, then spend a few days traveling around in Scotland. If it fits your timetable there are sleeper berths on trains to London for the return trip.

Five days is really not enough time.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: