We took a short break at the beginning of Easter by using a hotel voucher gifted to us by my family at Christmas on accommodation in Lyndhurst in the heart of the New Forest. We stopped at the large LyndhurstPark Hotel (which looks better from park than it does from the road) which is centrally located next to the open land where ponies, donkeys and cattle roam. We ate out the first night at the lovely, quaint, chocolate box ThatchedCottage in Brokenhurst the first night and at the mad and busy La Pergola the next, enjoying both in different ways. It was a holiday of food as we also sampled fish and chips at Lymington followed by ice-cream as we strolled around the old town and cream tea before returning to the hotel. We did get out and about too, with walks on the heath land the villages and towns and an interesting exploration of Bucklers Hard (a maritime museum at the little ship building village that has a wonderful history).
We were also very fortunate with the weather as it turned grey and wet for the rest of the holiday weekend as we returned, visited Jamie and then we all went on to Sue’s sister’s where we helped her out with a few jobs before having a meal and staying over. The next day we went on to visit more friends where more eating and drinking was involved before finally returning home and collapsing in front of the TV. The last day of the Easter break was spent indoors clearing out old junk and tidying up before we could relax and put our feet up.
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