Monday

Piddled down for most of the day, well on and off, so we didn’t really get the opportunity to do a lot. We did go to Burley though. It’s the smallest village you could possibly think of, very quaint in its own way, but basically despite its reputation for being a home to Witches, its really not too interesting.

We parked and went for a walk around the village which consists of about 5 shops, and a tiny village green and then got back in the car and drove to Ringwood to find this here hotspot to update the blogs. From there, we went to a pub called Alice Isle which was the pub where the bike ride started from on Sunday.

We had a lovely, albeit expensive lunch and then went for a walk in the forest from one of the areas maintained by the National Trust, Rockford Common. Thankfully the weather by this time had cheered up a bit, so although it was quite windy up on the common it was actually very warm and the jackets came off and it was rather nice.

The horses, ponies, and foals are quite literally everywhere in the New Forest and they seem to keep one eye on you as you walk – it can be quite off putting. We encountered one on the common that just stood behind one of many prickly bushes and watched us walk past, and then watched us walking back again…..