Yesterday we spent the day in the Forest. It was another beautiful day.( Wednesday had been dull and miserable but as I had spent a long time at the dentist finally getting the abcess on my tooth treated it was a good day to be at home.)
Any way we started yesterday with a long walk in the forest at Fritham. A gentle breeze kept us from over heating and we enjoyed a lovely walk seeing lots of ponies and putting groups of youngsters back on the right paths a they struggled to read maps in the Forest.
After a quick bite to eat we drove into Brockenhurst and hired some bikes. Mattie is a keen cyclist and when we were in Vancouver three years ago he had taken us for a bike ride round Stanley Park. That was the first time I had been on a bike since I was about 10. This was the second!
We walked through Brockenhurst Village as it was very busy and then we had a 10 mile cycle mostly on gravel tracks. It was great fun and we past huge herds of deer . Most of the forest roads are very quiet and by the end of the ride I was confident enough to ride back through the Village getting wet feet as we road through the water splash at the ford. It was lovely to cycle through the forest and feel the cooling breeze rushing past.
After eating and watching England beat some other team in the World Cup we took the dogs for another forest walk and again we saw deer. The fallow deer are just growing this years antlers and they are covered in velvet. We had beautiful views of the setting sun as it sank slowly down under the horizen.
Another fun filled day was over.
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More great pics ;-) Hows your bottom - the one thing I hate about bike riding is the hard seats. The sunset shots are fantastic great colours, good old Mother Nature provides a great picture everytime ;-)
EEeek !! its 3 am here - time for beddy byes. seeya
We've missed out on some of the sunsets here in York lately because it has been rather overcast....hoping for the weekend, though.
Sounds lovely and peaceful. The villege here in Heslington is nice for that, but it's all farmland, so it can be rather discouraging if you're looking for forests. I wish I had more access to that kind of a natural experience on a regular basis.
Have you ever travelled to Scotland--I was planning on going soon myself. Any "forest walks" recommendations for a first timer?
Heh, I seem to have done the complete opposite. I was born, and have been living, in brockenhurst all my life, but moved up to london last september for university, so I'm now only in Brockenhurst over the holidays. I do miss Brockenhurst!
Disturbed Muse I think I made the better switch!
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