A full English breakfast was the order of the day and supplied by our new found friends Gail and Karen at their lovely home just around the corner from the Pub we stayed at last night. We all took some food to help and they cooked it up for us and what a great spread there was...sausages, eggs, tomatoes, baked beans, toast and homemade marmalade and jam and heaps of coffee. Yum! We had lots of laughs together and will take away fond memories of their kindness and...

Those damn crows in the morning! It's either pigeons or crows in the UK. You can tune out to the pigeons but not the crows quite so easily. We wandered over the hill for a walk to Lulworth Cove which was a lovely spot. More incredible coastline, part of the Jurassic Coast dating back 185 million years. We walked down into the little fishing village and asked a couple of fisherman what they had in their catch which they had just rowed ashore with. 'Crabs' they sai...

Yet another sunny day....who said it always rains in England! Perhaps I had better keep quiet or it might change! We left our wheat field near Chichester and headed off towards the New Forest which is not new at all as it was created as a royal forest by William l in about 1079 for the royal hunt, mainly of deer. It was created at the expense of more than 20 small hamlets and isolated farmsteads hence it was a 'new' compact area in his time. It now includes one o...

Being close to the sea the wind was pretty strong and it blew a lot during the night. It was also pretty cold first thing so it wasn't too far removed from being at New Brighton in Christchurch. We had decided that we should all do our own thing today and perhaps everyday and then catch up in the evening to compare stories. First on my list was a haircut and Mandy was keen to do the same. They headed off to do Brighton Pier first but I found a hairdresser 5 minut...

Another nice day and we headed off in the direction of Rye. Rye is an old walled town which has been largely maintained at it was in Medieval times. Some years ago now a Heritage Order was placed on the entire town and so nothing can now be changed from its current state. About 40 years ago a husband and wife team set about on a Labour of love and made a model of the town of Rye. They used the earliest remaining public records to create the model as accurately as...