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New Forest Ponies & Dorset Coast with Derek, Wendy & Guy

We arrived at our lovely country park setting in the forest, unpacked and organised ourselves for a nice dinner at a local country pub.

The next day we had a good walk around the park and played pool and air hockey. After lunch we went bowling. Neil scored an amazing 133 points! We had a nice dinner at home before ending the evening on the dance floor in our club.

Wednesday we went for a morning swim and then onto Beaulieu after lunch. It was a fantastic day (the best of the week) and we all thoroughly enjoyed the wonderful collection of old cars. We had a ride in an old double decker bus which took us to the manor house. At the end of the house tour we listened to the butler telling his ghost stories....well it was nearly Halloween! Again we found a country pub for dinner and as always, spent the late evening in our club dancing until late.

Thursday it rained for much of the day, but that did not dampen our spirits. We went for a drive to Sandbanks and went across to Studland on the chain ferry. Then we drove into Swanage and onto Corfe Castle. We stopped for a cream tea before getting a ride on a steam train back to Swanage. Megan, Mikey & Gary were allowed up on the engine plate to see the engines workings and coal fire. It was our usual evening of dinner at another local pub before dancing the night away.

Friday was a sunny day and we packed and went off for a drive through the beautiful forest. We spotted cattle & ponies and made time for an ice cream. We had a nice lunch on our journey home before we said our farewells.



















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