This morning, before the rain set in later, we bought a replacement Dyson vacuum cleaner at New Milton Electrical Centre, then set off for a forest drive.
It seems hard to believe that the worst of the potholes in Beckley Common Road have been filled in, but many, like these have been left.
Fallen and damaged trees proliferate along Bolderwood Ornamental Drive.
A number of shaggy ponies adorned the landscape at Appleslade,
where Jackie photographed deer on a hillside.
On our way home we diverted to Hockey’s Farmyard Café for lunch,
and afterwards passed the Elm Tree pub with its completed thatching, which Jackie also photographed..
This evening we all dined on Ashley fish, chips, onion rings, mushy peas, and curry sauce augmented by Garner’s pickled onions and Freshona pickled gherkins, with which I finished the Malbec.