Bank Holiday Weekend

Maggie, Andy and Tara came to stay for the weekend. Here we are at Splash Bridge in the forest. Note the sunny weather, we've not had much of that recently.


A thatched hideaway in the forest. This is close to High Corner Inn where we finished off with a well earned drink.



Namibia has its famous Dune 45 - Moyles Court has its sandpit!



It's the Bisterne Scarcrow time of year again. This one was awarded third place.



This one didn't do too well with the addition!

Summer Activities (in between the showers)

Pat and Sally visited us last Wednesday whilst on their travels. We were lucky with the weather and managed to get out into the garden. It was lovely to see them and to catch up on all their news.

Pat and Stuart, yes it was bright! Unusual for this summer.



Visitors from Cyprus, Doris and Geoff, persuaded me that I should do a Hash (Hash House Harriers). As the venue was nearby at the newly refurbished Tyrrells Ford Country House it seemed like a good idea on a Sunday morning.



The welcome speech for all the visitors. Altogether there were about 40 runners and about 12 visitors. I'm on the right.



Jenny, Alex and daughter Molly. Alex is Geoff and Doris's son and I used to teach him ****years ago! If you're wondering where Sue is, she's behind the camera.

After the run we had a meal at the Tyrrells Ford. We got some funny looks because we weren't exactly dressed for Sunday lunch.

August Weekend

I had heard about this archeological walk from Shireen and David at a New Forest Ramblers walk a few weeks earlier. You can see Sue here with S&D. The actual spot on which they are standing is quite significant. This is an ancient pagan site where about 7 ley lines intersect. This is on top of St. Catherine's hill near to Christchurch.

The walk was guided by Michael Hodges who is very knowledgable about the area and has published a few books on Christchurch and its history.

We have been up St. Catherine's hill before, but hadn't realised how much history there was here. During earlier quarrying, fossils of rhinocerous, sabre toothed tiger and elephant have been found. None of these animals were seen during the walk. There are many barrows here and also the Romans had a lookout post on the top, because they had views for many miles around.

Michael Hodges can be seen on the left of this photo. David Livingstone's double can be seen on the right.




On Sunday we went to Bygone Days at Ibsley. This is an annual fete run by the locals for the locals. Here I am by one of the older cars in the parade.
Sue next to our new caravan, I don't think she realises she has to stand in between the shafts.



We were entertained by three air displays. The first was by the Yakovlevs, a couple of Russian aircraft. The second display was by a local aeromodelling club and the third was by a Pitts special which was a really superb display of aerobatics.



Sue beside one of the vintage tractors.



This notice was seen on the above machine. It doesn't take too much working out, honest! If you can't read it, double click on the photo to enlarge it, or buy some specs (DW)!