title Bernice's Birthday and Walks Around New Milton and Lymington, Hampshire - 10th April 2022 intro It's an eventful day-and-a-bit as it's Bernice's 80th birthday at the Fisherman's Haunt in Winkton near Christchurch, where there's a bit of a get-together. Before the gig, Nosher has a few hours to kill so goes for a walk down to Barton On Sea, getting back just in time to meet Sean's new girlfriend who's back from Mallorca after winning a silver medal in the sailing world cup. After that, we go for short walk around the boatyards and the river in Lymington, and then Sean and Nosher head off to visit Hamish for a bit before rounding the day off with another beer in the Hourglass and a kebab from the Charcoal Grill kebab shop over the road. The next day, after a short kick-around in the park at Christchurch with Phil, Nosher's on the train back to London Waterloo. This ends up being terminated at Clapham Junction after an hour-or-so's delay, which requires a change of route via Victoria. imgp2679 Station Road in New Milton imgp2681 The New Milton Lighting Centre has gone imgp2682 Another look up Station Road imgp2685 New Forest Stationers is still going imgp2686 Homefield House is unchanged since the 1980s imgp2688 Pads and Paws on Lymington Road imgp2689 The Raj, formerly Jarna, Old Milton imgp2692 An MG BGT trundles through Old Milton imgp2697 The Forest Arts Centre, once an AJO venue imgp2698 The New Milton Baptist Church on Spencer Road imgp2699 The New Milton Advertiser's shed imgp2705 The Quaker Meeting House by the railway station imgp2707 The old Galleon Taxi office in the car park imgp2708 Railway tracks heading off to Bournemouth imgp2711 One of the original benches is still present imgp2712 The tracks leading off to Sway and Brockenhurst imgp2715 We assemble for lunch in the Fisherman's Haunt imgp2717 Sean gets a thank-you present from Bernice imgp2720 Hannah gets a "welcome" present as well imgp2723 Ollie helps cut the birthday cake imgp2725 Bernice and Phil sort out some cake slicing imgp2727 In the Fisherman's Haunt imgp2728 Hannah and Sean return to the flat imgp2729 We walk around the boatyards at Lymington imgp2731 Boats and marshes imgp2732 We walk along the path to the river imgp2733 The Isle of Wight ferry behind a forest of masts imgp2739 There's a cool original Mini in the car park imgp2740 We hang out at Hamish's for a bit imgp2741 It's kebab time in New Milton imgp2746 Sean outside the Keyhaven Yacht Club imgp2747 Boats at Keyhaven imgp2750 The river at Keyhaven is nice and clear imgp2751 Sean's boat on its mooring imgp2759 Hurst Castle Sailing Club's boat yard imgp2761 We have a kick-about with Phil at Christchurch imgp2762 Bernice roams around the park at Christchurch imgp2763 Boats in the River Stour at Christchurch imgp2766 Swans and the bandstand imgp2769 Back at New Milton station on the journey home imgp2774 Graffiti near New Malden imgp2777 A heavily-tagged building imgp2781 Piez graffiti imgp2782 A big tag near Clapham Junction imgp2783 More tags on the way in to Clapham imgp2785 A 10Foot tag at Clapham Junction imgp2786 Platform 10 at Clapham Junction imgp2790 A T8C tag at Victoria Station imgp2791 A tagged end-of-terrace imgp2793 Victoria Station hosts Thomas the Tank Engine imgp2794 An Underground connecting tunnel imgp2799 The Xylotol factory at Brantham has nearly gone