Lyndhurst and Chocolate temptation!

This morning I met Gill in Lyndhurst for a little wander round the Village.
Lyndhurst is known as the capital of the New Forest and in summer the High Street is full of tourists but today the street was nearly empty. We had a look in the deserted shops, most survive on the summer tourist trade and are geared towards the tourists. It is very hard to make a living here as few people buy during the winter months. Nowadays apart from a butchers, a greengrocers and a small supermarket the shops are either estate agents, or gift shops.
We looked in the antique shop and the camping shop.. Then we browsed through a couple of the gift shops before entering the Chocolate shop. This has taken over the former tea rooms. We were the only customers but we had a delicious cup of chocolate and sampled the chocolate bars.......yummy!
As I drove home I stopped just outside the Village and took a picture of Boltons Bench and the cricket pavillion.
Boltons benchcommemorates a member of the Ducal Family which held the office of Master Keeper of Burley Baliwick throughout the 18th century