A fair number of weeks back now Andrew and I ventured back into the New Forest, accompanied by my brother, Jody and his wife Gina. We had a marvellous weekend with a fair bit of sightseeing, fun and laughter. With a good selection of food thrown in :)
So I will let the photo’s speak for themselves:
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| Forest Fungi |
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| More Forest Fungi |
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| and some more |
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| got to love that forest fungi |
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| Shocking focus but patiently waiting for me to finish photographing THAT FOREST FUNGI!! |
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| and a whole fungi city |
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| and from the other side |
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| those little midgets all over, couldn't photoshop them out! |
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| so a view from the top instead |
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| take a guess |
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| really old tree roots |
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| food source for something |
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| a lovely bright yellow one :) |
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| Fungi at the High Corner Inn !! not for lunch by the looks of it |
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| A walk on the moors |
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| Deciding on a path |
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| And just what i was hoping we would spot. Lucky for us Andrew spooked them from underneath the crab apple tree. |
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| Looking back |
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| and skipping over the ridge |
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| View from the 'summit' |
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| and another stag !! |
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| Gina's home-crafted Martini -using olives from some antipasto! Apparently still tasted good. I wonder if the garlic gave it an extra boost |
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| Forest track |
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| a bevy of beauties |
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| and another large fungi |
| As I did last time we went to the New Forest, Gina wished to see the beach. So we made our way to Mudeford Quay. Naturally Gina wanted to wet her feet :) |  | ||||||||
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| Sailing, dogs and birds |
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| On The Rocks !! |
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| Thoughtfull |
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| something of interest |
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| a bucketfull of crabs allowed to return to the sea |
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| Black Headed Gull in winter plumage |
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| Lobster pots |
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| Black Backed Gull in winter plumage |
And to today – We are slowly packing all the necessities for our trip back to New Zealand after 2 years away. Our daughter Robyn is getting hitched and we need to be there to so that I can weep and Andrew can give her away and all the family will be there to see it :)
Really looking forward to seeing our girls and being able to give them a proper hug instead of a virtual one. Not looking forward to the actual flight but it has to be done!
So that is where we all are for now
