Hello there, hope you are all well. I've been absent from blog-land, first a holiday and then straight down with a nasty cold.
We hired a motorhome and set off for The New Forest in Hampshire, Friday to Friday. Catching up with the laundry over the weekend, shopping on Tuesday. Then after lunch it all went down hill with sneezing. Angus has hated it, he can cope with thunder and fireworks but not sneezing. He's followed Mark around and jumped on anyone sat down.
Some photos of Angus in the Forest (Hampshire, south England, UK). He had his first ice cream in a favourite place of ours - Tall Trees Walk, part of the Rhinefield Ornamental Drive. It's a very calming place amongst the trees.
Angus and me at the bottom of the two trees: Left & Right
So majestic and calming, these tall trees are huge! Difficult to get the whole tree in the photo. Sadly my battery died on my camera and I neglected to pack the charger. So these are all from my phone.
Horses, The New Forest is famous for wild ponies with a right to roam. They'll be rounded up at the end of the season. Several years ago we were out walking with the boys, it started raining and suddenly the ground vibrated with horse hooves thundering towards the trees for shelters. They literally screamed at the cows already sheltering under the trees. The cows slunk away defeated.
Ice cream stand in the car park... very expensive!
After our icreams, we had rum & raisin and mint chocolate chip, we headed to the Ober River walk - Aldridge Encolsure. It was a bit wet and boggy in places but I'm glad we went as it's another favourite walk that we enjoy. There were three bridges on this walk, the fourth one is closer to Aldridge Hill campsite. It's perfect for children, like the previous walk as you're following sign posts.
Looking for tadpoles.
I'm going to post a 'Five on Friday' next Friday when I feel better. I'll be stopping by to visit your blogs this week too.
I'm glad to hear you had a nice holiday, but I'm sorry to hear you've been under the weather with a yucky cold. Hope you are feeling better soon!
ReplyDeleteThank you Julia, it hung around a bit but much better now x
DeleteWe live just an hour from the New Forest, we don't visit often enough, mainly due to the huge amount of traffic, almost all the time. When we had our campervan we would stay in Sway, we had cycles, so it was a great place and there was a brilliant delicatessen, who sold nice coffee and cakes. Hope you are feeling better soon.
ReplyDeleteAbout 30 years ago, we lived in Purbrook, Waterlloville... we stayed in the New Forest most months. I think we stayed at Ashurst campsite, but we've stayed at several over the years. Sometimes we drove to Hedge End shopping eg M & S and stopped at The Sir Walter Tyrrell pub on the way home, for a meal. Thank you, much better now x
DeleteI love the photographs of the trees, and they do look incredibly tall!
ReplyDeleteI hope you all feel better soon. Xx
It's definitely a favourite place, even if it's raining it feels sheltered. Thank you, much better now x
DeleteI hope you're feeling better now. I'm sure the walk in the woods was a good way to relax and get the benefit from being out in the fresh air.
ReplyDeleteIt's always a good walk here, I remember going here as a child. Thank you x
DeleteThose trees are so beautiful and you have shared such a lovely walk. I'm glad you had a good holiday in the New Forest but it's a shame that you caught a cold when you got back. Hope you are feeling better now x
ReplyDeleteThank you, much better now. It's just frustrating not knowing where you caught it from x
Deletebeautiful holiday but gosh it's a bummer that you got a cold. I hope you are feeling better!
ReplyDeleteMuch better thank you. It was an amazing holiday, we can't wait to go back again x
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