title A Trip to Hurst Castle, Keyhaven, Hampshire - 28th August 2015 intro We're down in the New Forest for a bit of camping in The Van. Whilst there, we take a trip on the ferry from Keyhaven - walking through the dinghy park where Stepdad #1's boat "Skua" used to be parked - out to Hurst Castle on Hurst spit, facing the Isle of Wight across the Solent. imgp0689 A cow eats the bush behind the van imgp0697 A bush-munching cow imgp0712 A view of rain from inside the awning imgp0716 Harry and Fred in the van imgp0719 A cool mushroom imgp0723 A forest of dinghies at Keyhaven imgp0724 The Keyhaven Yacht Club imgp0725 A nice old boat is readied imgp0726 The wooden dinghy heads out imgp0727 More dinghies imgp0733 Swans drink fresh water from a boat imgp0737 Harry and Isobel on the ferry imgp0739 The Hurst Castle ferry imgp0743 The other ferry passes us imgp0744 A Laser canes it up the river imgp0746 The Hurst Spit lighthouse imgp0748 Some dudes do kite surfing imgp0749 Lighthousey lookouts on Hurst Castle imgp0750 A rusty iron bath imgp0757 Harry and Fred on a bench imgp0759 Rusty electrical equipment imgp0760 A palm tree inthe castle grounds imgp0762 Looking down Hurst Spit towards Milford imgp0764 The boys find a hidey-hole imgp0765 The building is falling apart in places imgp0766 A boat on the Solent, with the Needles imgp0770 People look out over the river imgp0771 Cracked concrete imgp0773 Fred and Harry run up to another observation room imgp0774 Another view over the river imgp0775 Looking towards the Isle of Wight imgp0778 Isobel with the boys imgp0780 Nosher joins in imgp0781 Fred peeps out from behind a wall imgp0790 The boys play with a lighthouse control panel imgp0792 Fred gets a chair out imgp0795 A random room full of chairs imgp0799 A very rusted door handle imgp0801 A rusty wood-burner imgp0805 Fred in the magazine tunnels imgp0809 A bunch of reproduction 12.5" shells imgp0814 A hole from a shell in plate iron imgp0815 Some military construction imgp0817 Fred and a massive 12.5" gun imgp0820 Harry and Fred imgp0825 Isobel and the boys do a super-hero pose imgp0827 Isobel looks through a hole in the wall imgp0831 On the Isle of Wight imgp0832 Back on the river, the tide has gone out imgp0834 A yacht on the ferry pontoon imgp0837 Fred runs down to the ferry imgp0838 The previous ferry heads off up the river imgp0839 The Hurst Castle lighthouse imgp0844 Isobel and Harry imgp0846 Isobel and Harry on the ferry back imgp0851 A tattered red ensign in the wind imgp0867 An Oyster Catcher pokes about imgp0868 Beached fishing boats imgp0870 A swan pokes about imgp0872 Some people do a spot of crabbing imgp0873 Crab pots imgp0879 We go round to Sean's for a Thai take-away imgp0881 Fred, Rowan and Harry freak out imgp0884 At the campsite imgp0885 Fred eats camper-van breakfast imgp0892 We swing by again to see Great-Grandmother