Sunday 14 August 2011

A Day Out in the New Forest

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Yesterday Dan and I went on a day trip to the New Forest with Dan's friend Simon (well, I suppose he's sort of my friend too, but I can't imagine hanging out with him without Dan there, you know?) and his girlfriend Lizi.

We all piled into Lizi's car and drove to Lyndhurst, which is the village at the centre of the New Forest. It's also where the only two main routes through the forest meet, which means it's quite chaotic around there. After about 45 minutes in traffic, we just pulled into a gravelled pull-in on the side of the road and walked into Lyndhurst instead.

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We grabbed ourselves some snacks, then went for a walk up a hilly field.
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(you can't really tell from this picture, but Lizi was wearing a short skirt with black boots. She has this way of wearing things that always make me feel a little bit underdressed for an occasion!)


On the other side of the hill, we saw some horses ponies, so I decided to try and get closer. They kept moving away from us, the cheeky things! Eventually they stopped at some water and I was able to get a couple of photos.

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There's loads of ponies in the New Forest. I thought they were wild, but I just looked it up and apparently they're all privately owned (which explains the markings on the ones we saw. I just assumed they'd been marked by rangers to make sure no one stole them), and they're allowed to graze anywhere in the Forest. Interesting stuff.

After our mini adventure with the ponies, we walked back into Lyndhurst and went into a small - and very busy! - sweet shop.

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Obviously we had to get a couple of things - there was so much selection!

Then we made our way to the New Forest Reptile Centre. We got there at 4.10 and it was due to close at 4.30, but since it was free and really small (there was also a nature walk, but we obviously didn't have time for that!), we were still able to have a quick look around.

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We drove on a bit further and had dinner in a Harvester (the amount that Dan and I eat in Harvester, we probably keep them in business. Seriously. Harvester and Wetherspoons are our go-to cheap-but-tasty food places) before driving back home.

I got to Skype with Mariah in the evening (for three and a half hours! This is what happens when almost 2 months go by without us speaking), so all in all a rather lovely day!

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14 comments:

  1. I am in love with pictures of England. I can't wait to visit one day.

    I am salivating at the sweet shop pictures.

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  2. Hi Emma! Stopping over from FTLOB Comment Love Day. Your pictures are great. Don't you just love day trips? We wen't on a few ourselves (well, technically they were 2-day trips!) I wish we'd get away more to just explore different parts of our own city. Must put that on the to-do list!

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  3. Hi. Stopping by from FTLOB! love the post and the pictures. I wish I could just take a day trip sometime soon... there are so many places i want to go to, just don't have the time *sigh*

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  4. that place looks so pretty!!! I wish I could be there right now!

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  5. This looks like so much fun! It makes me wish I were there from all of your fun photos!

    Stopping by from Comment Love day! And gotta say, I'll be stopping by a lot more often!

    Simply Kate

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  6. New forest is such a neat name! I didn't get it if it's the name of an actual town or just the area of one. However, it looks like you had a lovely day!

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  7. How fun! It looks like you had quite the adventurous day. The ponies sort of made it!

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  8. Ah, sounds/looks like a really cute day!

    Rosie x

    P.S. Totally with you on Facebook as the reason to never wanting to re-wear!

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  9. Wow! That place looks absolutely beautiful

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  10. Loving the contrast in your photos!!! Sounds like a great day!

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  11. Wild horses (kinda)! so exciting :)

    I need to go to that sweet shop.

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  12. Hi Emma, I was thinkng about visiting New Forest, but I have heard mixed things about it. After reading your post on it, I will definitly pay it a visit in the following months. Your new follower, Jenni!
    Please check out my blog, I am in the same boat. 22 years old, with a degree, and finding it hard to venture out into the real world!!
    http://contentnotebooki.blogspot.com/
    thanks! =]

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  13. Awe, what a beautiful place to visit! :)

    Hope you have a great week!

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  14. This looks like a lovely day out! I'm especially loving the sweet shop pictures!

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