From Beaulieu to Bucklers Hard

This morning the sun was shining. Missy has slashed her paw so she can't have a long walk. So after giving the dogs a short walk, Karen and I decided to go to Beaulieu and walk through the North Solent Nature reserve to Bucklers hard.
It was a very pleasant walk , but not very good for photographs. We saw plenty of Dragonflies but they were darting about to much. There were several Egrets on the river but they were too far away to get good pictures.
We did sneak into the Village of Bucklers Hard and get a few shots. They charge nearly £6 if you go in the top entrance and if you have been in the museum, it is a lot to pay just to walk up the street.
According to the sign post it is only a 2 mile walk, but it seemed more. before setting back we had to have some ice cream to sustain us!

Lyndhurst and Chocolate temptation!

This afternoon Karen and I went into Lyndhurst. We started at the New Forest Museum where a local photographer was having an exhibition of photos, mainly taken during the Autumn drifts. This is when they round up the ponies, mark them and check their health. One or two of the photos were excellent but in general we were a little disappointed as some seem to have been over enlarged and the quality of the photos in the expensive book (which we did not buy) did not seem to be very good. This seemed partly to be the result of poor printing.
Having wandered round the exhibition, we then walked up to the Church of St Michael and all Angels. In the Churchyard we found the grave of Mrs Reginald Hargreaves formerly Alice Liddell, who was the inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. (see photo) After walking around the church we went back down the hill to the Chocolate shop, after a cup of hot chocolate and some wicked chocolate confectionery we were ready for a drive to Hatchetts Pond and then a quick stop in Beaulieu before coming home. We found plenty of photo opportunities and I will share some more later as the forecast is for some heavy rain at the weekend.

Beaulieu Abbey