Sailing again!

We've just spent a great bank holiday weekend sailing with 4 friends around the Solent. The weather was like summer and we visited lots of our favourite places: Beaulieu, Yarmouth, Cowes etc. We watched the container ship coming into Southampton and then followed it up to its mooring at the container port at the top of Southampton Water. We passed oil tankers and bulk carriers too and also the stylish new cruise ship 'Queen Mary II' which is apparently 345 m in length and cost around $800 million to build!

Lymington

Paul and I spent a day down in Lymington yesterday which is on the coast in the New Forest. We often sail there but it was nice to be down there with the car and able to explore a bit more and have a look at some houses. Maybe we'll live there some day! We walked from Keyhaven to Hurst Castle and the picture above shows the Castle and the Lighthouse at the end of the point. Walking on that shingle was hard work!

Walking

On Saturday a group of parents and our daughters went for a great walk from Warborough up Wittenham Clumps and back again to help prepare them for their trek to Everest Base Camp - sadly 120 m of height on the Clumps doesn't compare with Everest but at least we're getting them out walking and having fun!

This was the view from Dorchester up to the Clumps.