Back in June we made some vague plans for our trip to the New Forest National Park. They involved camping, cycling and looking for the ponies that wander freely around the villages. However, as I mentioned previously, we had to give up our plans to camp when Storm Brian moved in, as we were pretty certain our tent wouldn't stand up to 60 mph winds. Unfortunately, we also had to abandon our plans to cycle, as Jay is still using stabilisers and we had trouble getting his bike to work with our Trail Gator (an attachment that allows a child's bike to be towed by an adult bike). So, back to the drawing board... In the end, we decided to 'village-hop' around the New Forest whilst looking for ponies. ![]() Our first stop was Lyndhurst, where we visited the little museum in the New Forest Centre then looked for ponies at Bolton's Bench. A couple of ponies trotted over the greet us and give Eve a little nuzzle. Jay, however, they seemed to take exception to and, despite just standing there in a very non-threatening manner, one stepped forward and nipped him on the shoulder! It all happened too quickly for us to react until it was too late. When it let go, Jay fell over crying from the shock - poor little man! Fortunately he was not badly injured - just a bit of a scrape through his jumper. ![]() Our next stop was Brokenhurst for lunch. It was smaller than expected and we struggled to find a restaurant with free tables. We nabbed a seat at the first place we found with space (at The Terrace) but it was so busy that we had to wait over 45 minutes to be served (they did warn us though!). Entertainment while we waited came in the form of a box of colouring pencils and scrap paper provided by the restaurant and the Pokegym that was close enough for us to battle down from our table. We were also fascinated by the man who seemed to be taking his harris hawk out for a walk and stopped for a lunch break on the bench outside the restaurant. Our third and final stop of the day was Burley. There seems to be an obsession with witchcraft and fairies in this village, and we enjoyed poking around the magicky shops. We also dropped by the Burley Fudge shop, which has an amazing array of flavours. At Eve's request, we brought home some seasonal fudge: spiced pumpkin and toffee apple. Yum!
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