Enticing

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Lyndhurst, considered to be the hub of The New Forest is home to the National  Park’s Visitor Centre, and consequently many gift shops ideal for Christmas shopping.

We arrived there after sunset yesterday afternoon,

which made the shop windows even more enticing than usual.

After a few last purchases, Jackie drove us on to West End where we visited Mum, and stayed until her evening carer arrived to settle her down for the night.

We then dined with Elizabeth at Jewels Indian restaurant which lies between West End and Bitterne. My choice of meal was king prawn jalfrezi, Jackie’s chicken shaslick, and Elizabeth’s a fairly mild lamb dish. We shared an onion bahji starter, a peshwari naan, and egg fried rice; and all drank Kingfisher.

After a domestic day of boring things like ironing and hoovering, we dined this evening at Daniels Fish Bar in Highcliffe. We were persuaded into partaking of the Christmas menu, which meant that our cod, chips, and mushy peas were topped and tailed by mince pies and breaded mushrooms. We both drank tea.

39 comments

  1. I love these pictures, Derrick! I especially love the blue and silver colors; for some reason they seem more “Christmasy” than red and green to me now. I hope you and your family have a lovely Christmas! It sounds like the places you find to wine and dine are pretty great! 🙂

  2. I loved window shopping with you–thanks for the respite from my mad life! I’m glad you can enjoy such rich food–love the names of things, cannot partake of most! Have a peaceful Christmas, Derrick, with your family.

  3. A wonderful collection for the season. The two blue images toward the top caught my eye … then I smiled with the meat display directly below them. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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