title Phil's 40th and a New Forest Weekender, Hordle and Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire - 13th July 2007 intro It's Phil's 40th and he's over from the US, so Nosher and Isobel head down to the south coast, for the second time in a month, to meet up. The do is in Hordle village hall and we're a bit late on account of crap traffic on pretty much all the roads down, where a 2.5hr journey turns in to 4. Anyway, we still just about make it in time. The next day, we hang out with Sean's kids for a while, before heading off for a walk around the New Forest and a trip back to Barton-on-Sea beach, and this time it's not lashing down. imgp7049 Lolly sorts the drinks out imgp7050 Phil and Martin imgp7051 Martin, who's come over from the Netherlands imgp7053 Jon "the hair", Sean, Michelle and Isobel imgp7054 The olds sit around after food imgp7059 Phil's mum, Bernice, in the kitchen imgp7061 Jon the Hair has to be somewhere else imgp7064 There's more food around imgp7067 Phil's dad, Bob, sets a quiz imgp7072 Quiz action imgp7073 Isobel's glass appears to be empty imgp7075 Michelle and Sean imgp7077 Sean, Isobel and Michelle outside the village hall imgp7083 Milling around on the playing field imgp7085 Inside, some dancing occurs imgp7088 Phil's birthday cake imgp7089 Bernice is still in the kitchen imgp7090 Michelle, Isobel and Lolly chat imgp7091 Phil scoffs some cake, and is caught in the act imgp7093 More dancing imgp7096 The conga line snakes its way outside for a bit imgp7103 Balloon-fest imgp7105 Isobel looks a bit puzzled imgp7108 Michelle, Bernice and Sean imgp7116 Sydney sticks her hands on the window imgp7119 Rowan does the Ash/Ripley scene from Alien imgp7133 Isobel plays with the kids imgp7135 Rowan laughs imgp7142 Rowan's got some cards imgp7147 Nosher, Sydney and Rowan imgp7148 Sydney scoops up Holly the cat imgp7151 Rowan and Sydney imgp7152 Sydney tumbles upside down imgp7159 Sydney does some impressive gurning imgp7162 Isobel's got a frisbee on her head imgp7167 Family portrait imgp7169 Nosher and Isobel go for a walk at Setthorns imgp7170 New Forest trees imgp7171 Hikers on a path imgp7172 Isobel puts her phone away imgp7173 Pausing on a barrier for a moment imgp7174 Isobel chats to a dog walker at Setthorns imgp7178 Nosher ties his shoe-lace imgp7192 An interesting mushroom imgp7194 A lost "smiley" badge imgp7195 Isobel looks at ferns imgp7196 A nice tree imgp7198 A sun-dappled New Forest glade imgp7200 New Forest ponies imgp7201 Isobel looks at ponies imgp7205 A mare roams about imgp7207 A Forest foal gets a drink imgp7212 Mother and foal imgp7223 A fisherman on Nosher's favourite groyne imgp7224 Nosher's groyne, and the Isle of Wight imgp7229 Isobel sits in the rocks imgp7234 Isobel has a doze imgp7238 On Barton beach imgp7244 A rescue line on a post imgp7245 A black dog sits on the ridge and surveys the sea imgp7249 Isobel looks askance imgp7250 A pale blue beach hut imgp7251 A woman sits on a bench imgp7253 There's a barbeque in Sean's back garden imgp7255 Nosher cooks sausages imgp7259 Isobel's got some food imgp7263 Sydney hurls the cat around again imgp7266 Phil pokes about on a laptop imgp7272 Nosher and Isobel are in the caravan for the night