This morning Aaron made a start on decorating the stairs and landing.
Afterwards Becky drove me, Jackie, and Ian to Abbot’s Well at Frogham, where we lunched in The Foresters’ Arms.
This was another comparatively mild day of rather more sunshine than showers, making for constantly changing light. Our accommodating daughter complied with my various requests for photography stops.
Roger Penny Way runs from Cadnam roundabout to Godshill and beyond. The first stop was to record arboreal reflections in recently formed forest pools.
At Godshill, ponies were reduced to grazing around the edges of more pools that now covered their grass patch.
Soon after Godshill we turned left and drove up to Abbots Well where we disembarked and wandered around for a while.
Other walkers soaked up the landscape.
Ian can be seen emerging from the bushes here,
where bright yellow fungus was to be found.
We lunched in The Foresters’ Arms, where the already excellent food has gone up several notches in quality since our last visit more than a year ago. My burger stack with quite the best onion rings I have ever tasted, superb chunky chips, coleslaw and salad was plentiful enough to suffice for the day’s sustenance. I drank Wadsworth’s 6X. Ian had the same opinion about the same choice of meal, and drank Kronenberg. Jackie also enjoyed her scampi and chips (small appetite size), and Becky her roast beef (kid’s portion). The two ladies shared coffee and coke.
On our return, on the way down to the ford from the pub, we passed a field containing horses that are not wild. That they were not wearing rugs is a reflection on the mild weather.
On a corner of the road stands a typically thatched house.
This time, when we passed Godshill the ponies were feeding in full sunshine.
Aw, the ponies are so darn cute!
Thanks, Yvonne
The first photo and the thatched house took my eye today Derrick – beautiful photos!
Thank you, Pauline
Thank Becky for me for stopping and letting you use the camera!!
Done, GP, thanks
Loverly.
Thanks, Ann
Sunlight, shadows, reflections, cloudy skies, beautiful photos, weird-looking fungus, and — have mercy — onion rings, too… what a great way to spend the day. 🙂
Many thanks, Johnna
I love reflections; two for the price of one 🙂 The tracery of wintry trees gave a sense of season, however mild the day. I want a burger and onion rings even if it’s only seven in the morning.
One day, perhaps we can beam them over to you. Thanks, Mary
I would prefer to do my own beaming when the day comes 🙂
Hahaha that happens to me too, half the time I feel like an Indian takeaway at 8 in the morning after reading Derrick’s posts! 🙂
🙂
We’ll hold Derrick responsible for our weird diet 🙂
Beautiful post as always, Derrick. You’re like a painter. You paint and tell the story in the same time 🙂
Many thanks, Monica
Love the pony pictures, too. What a nice day to tag along through pictures.
Thank you, Adrienne
What a treat this post was, Derrick. Your reflection shots are beautiful. I especially liked the walkers soaking up the landscape shot…stunning.
Thanks, Jill
What a lovely day!
Thanks, John
Once more, you’ve captured beautiful light on the landscape.
Thank you, Lisa. We are so lucky to have it so often
Such colorful, light-rich images … Everything looks so lush and green!! Do you always have so many beautiful things growing in Winter, there across the pond? Or is it a result of an exceptionally mild season?
Thanks for the sunshiny pick-me-up today!! 🙂
Thank you, Ashley. It is about the mildest winter I have ever known
Been that way here, too. Getting colder now, but I’ll take all the green I can get! 🙂
Beautiful reflections – both literally and figuratively…
Thank you, Bruce
What a lovely walk thanks to your sharing. The pictures are simply amazing and I really like how you walked us through all of them. Would love to live in such a nice thatched house 🙂
Thank you, Geetha
Welcome 🙂
It’s a beautiful landscape and possibly even soggier than here!
Love the photos, absolutely stunning. Also, great day out. Thank you!
Thank you, Ian
Those pictures make me long for a trip to England. So lovely!
Thank you, Laurie
Beautiful light.
Thanks, pagedogs
Thank you for taking us along. Beautiful photos of the reflections, trees… Love these ponies. 🙂
Thank you, Amy
The artist in you will not be denied! Beautiful photos – so glad your family bear with you! 🙂
Thanks a lot, Rob
Beautiful picture Derrick…
Thank you, Chitra