This afternoon we drove Flo to her parents’ flat at Southbourne where she is to spend a few days.
On our return we drove up Roger Penny Way from Cadnam roundabout and back home via North Gorley.
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Brook Cottage, standing beside the Green Dragon pub on Roger Penny Way, is of a standard New Forest Design.
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I forget the name of the thatched cottage across the road that has a team of what I think are horned sheep (maybe Wiltshire breed)
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keeping the grass down.
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Three of these nonchalantly test the drivers of vehicles coming round the bend.
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Further along the road towards Godshill ponies and foals graze the verges. Opposite these a crow is reflected in a still pond.
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I stepped out at Ashley Walk car park to remind myself of my having strode over these moors not so very long ago.
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Donkeys at Godshill Cricket ground are busy shedding their winter coats, possibly because they have heard we are due a heat wave next week.
This evening we snacked on scrambled egg on toast. I’m still trying to get over Monday’s ultimate mixed grill.