Greetings from the New Forest
Well after a few days of camping out in the New Forest without 3G service, I finally discovered from the camp chef a location on the top of a local hill where there is reception! It's nearly midnight here and it's lucky I can touch type, 'cos I can't see the keys in the dark.
The van is going well and is nicely setup and apart from a few nuisance problems we're very comfortable. The New Forest is a great introduction to UK wilderness, such as it is. Very pretty, extremely unpredictable weather and a pub around every corner. This is what I call touring.
The bikes are now pretty much set up and we've had them up in the hills a few times now, as well as down to the coast. There's plenty of great paths, altho' the Brits don't seem to have learned how to signpost anything. Just in case the Krauts invade again I suppose!
This night time typing is really testing my skills!
Ok, time for a photo. Here's one of us on our bikes, riding thru one of the remoter areas.
And another one of the Princess outside a Durotrige Hill fort that we found in the hills. Unsignposted of course, but the perimeter defences around the top of the hill are a dead giveaway. Linda's relatives on her mother's side still live around this area. "The Kitcher's live all thru the forest" says the old bloke at the garage in Sway.
Linda loves all the little cottages and especially the New Forest thatching. Very ornate and has little birds and other decorations on each eave.
I've only got two bars service on the dongle, so I'm having to re-size all the photos so that they don't take 15 minutes each to upload! I hope the quality is still good enough.
The weather has been pretty awful this last week. We've been in our winter gear still from Australia, and I've bought some cold weather gear. Mornings are typically rainy, windy and cold, and the afternoons clear every second day into a nice afternoon and evening. Let's hope things improve.
I've hit the wrong keys in the dark and seem to have actually published the blog. This is all edit.
Today was really wet this morning, so we decided to take the van into lymington for a visit to the market and then go to Hengistbury Head. The rain cleared on the way, and then proceeded to turn into one of the nicest days we've had by about 2pm.
Here's a photo of Linda in Lymington.
And another of us bpoth in one of those typical English pubs. This one was called "The Gun".
Ok, that's all you're gonna get tonite, 'cos it's all too much hard work and I've got to get up early tomorrow. We're off to South Petherton and then Exmoor for a bit of cycling on the moor. Stay tuned for the next adventure...
The van is going well and is nicely setup and apart from a few nuisance problems we're very comfortable. The New Forest is a great introduction to UK wilderness, such as it is. Very pretty, extremely unpredictable weather and a pub around every corner. This is what I call touring.
The bikes are now pretty much set up and we've had them up in the hills a few times now, as well as down to the coast. There's plenty of great paths, altho' the Brits don't seem to have learned how to signpost anything. Just in case the Krauts invade again I suppose!
This night time typing is really testing my skills!
Ok, time for a photo. Here's one of us on our bikes, riding thru one of the remoter areas.
And another one of the Princess outside a Durotrige Hill fort that we found in the hills. Unsignposted of course, but the perimeter defences around the top of the hill are a dead giveaway. Linda's relatives on her mother's side still live around this area. "The Kitcher's live all thru the forest" says the old bloke at the garage in Sway.
Linda loves all the little cottages and especially the New Forest thatching. Very ornate and has little birds and other decorations on each eave.
I've only got two bars service on the dongle, so I'm having to re-size all the photos so that they don't take 15 minutes each to upload! I hope the quality is still good enough.
The weather has been pretty awful this last week. We've been in our winter gear still from Australia, and I've bought some cold weather gear. Mornings are typically rainy, windy and cold, and the afternoons clear every second day into a nice afternoon and evening. Let's hope things improve.
I've hit the wrong keys in the dark and seem to have actually published the blog. This is all edit.
Today was really wet this morning, so we decided to take the van into lymington for a visit to the market and then go to Hengistbury Head. The rain cleared on the way, and then proceeded to turn into one of the nicest days we've had by about 2pm.
Here's a photo of Linda in Lymington.
And another of us bpoth in one of those typical English pubs. This one was called "The Gun".
Ok, that's all you're gonna get tonite, 'cos it's all too much hard work and I've got to get up early tomorrow. We're off to South Petherton and then Exmoor for a bit of cycling on the moor. Stay tuned for the next adventure...
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