The week just gone..

Another busy week with work.  Lincoln Monday and Tuesday, Bournemouth Wednesday to Friday..

I was able to sample the beach...this is looking back towards the town and pier after walking for sometime

Sometimes a picture paints a thousand words..

this is one of my favourite English villages...home to Lord Montagu, the Beaulieu estate and the National motor museum.
Located in the New Forest you have to be aware of some of the local residents..

 very surreal..as though some hidden force has turned the residents into...Donkeys!

"If you want to pass you have to give me the password...Ee-aaw"

Things are not much different in the New Forest itself..

Lunch at the Montagu Arms, Beaulieu

Next to Beaulieu is 'Bucklers Hard' - where amongst other ships, Nelson's favourite ship HMS Agamemnom was built.

This view is loking dwn the one street of ship builders cottagers to the slip ways where the ships were built and launched into the Beaulieu river.

'D' is the position of the photo above.  'K' is where the ships were built and launched including the Agamemnon which fought in the battle of Trafalger.  Turning left at 'G' heading towards 'M' is a lovely riverside/woodland walk to Beaulieu of aprroximately 2 miles.

Yesterday Ollie and I went to St Ives estate and took different paths to the ususal ones we take..

...where you happen across some very strange things..

we also went to my old stomping ground of East Morton where Ollie became a 'Dimps' boy and played on the Dimps where i grew up and played.

 we played by the stream..

..and 'New Age' Ollie wanted to meditate...!

Back in a week after my visit to France.