title	Mudeford Quay, Christchurch, and the Trip to Portland - 15th April 2025
intro	It's the second full day down in New Milton, and Sean's arranged to meet up with Phil round his mother's house for a late breakfast, which Nosher has been roped into cooking. First stop is therefore Morrisons in New Milton to pick up some breakfast supplies, followed by a quick trip to Mudeford Quay for a walk around as a way to kill a bit more time. After brunch - which has somehow turned from us plus Phil and his mum to about thirty additional people - we have another walk around Christchurch before heading back to New Milton to catch a train down to Weymouth, where Hannah picks us up from the station before we finally get a well-earned couple of pints in the 18th-century George Inn, just around the corner from Hannah's house in Portland.
imgp1586	New Milton's KFC has closed down
imgp1588	1970s shops on Station Road
imgp1589	Fagans Menswear - another relic from the past
imgp1591	A former teahouse is up for rent
imgp1592	Station Road in New Milton
imgp1593	Cool 1930s door in Elm Avenue
imgp1595	Funky graffiti art near the bowling club
imgp1597	More wall art on the indoor bowling club
imgp1598	New Milton's War Memorial Hall
imgp1599	A derelict house on Whitefield Road
imgp1600	A view down Whitefield Road
imgp1601	New Milton's iconic water tower
imgp1602	Mudeford Quay and Hengistbury Head
imgp1607	Various lobster pots on Mudeford Quay
imgp1610	Fishing detritus on the Quay
imgp1611	Nice cottages on Mudeford Quay
imgp1612	A swan floats around by a slipway
imgp1615	A couple of people do crabbing over the sea wall
imgp1617	The fishing motor boat Gastronaught goes past
imgp1619	Mudeford lifeboat station
imgp1620	Tiny tenders on the quay
imgp1621	A bunch of training dinghies
imgp1622	A dinghy mast has seen better days
imgp1624	Chris and Bernice potter around in the kitchen
imgp1625	Sean looks around after a late breakfast
imgp1627	Christchurch Priory
imgp1629	The very-1920s Regent theatre
imgp1631	Saxon Square - opened in 1983
imgp1635	Milhams Street in Christchurch
imgp1636	The ducking stool on Ducking Stool Lane
imgp1640	The remains of Norham Castle
imgp1641	Sean walks alongside Mill Stream
imgp1643	There's another whale tail by the river
imgp1644	A seagull gives it some attitude
imgp1645	Sean on Quay Road, near the Red House Museum
imgp1646	A train for London pulls in to New Milton
imgp1648	Waiting for a train at New Milton
imgp1649	Funky bird art at Pokesdown
imgp1653	We change trains at Bournemouth
imgp1654	Trains on the platform at Bournemouth Station
imgp1655	Down on platform 3
imgp1656	Light shines through the station windows
imgp1657	An old Southern Railway mile post
imgp1658	Sean checks his phone on the train
imgp1659	Some more station wall art
imgp1660	A glimpse of Poole Harbour
imgp1662	Sean hauls his luggage around at Weymouth Station
imgp1665	A nicely-painted traffic-light control box
imgp1666	More painted street cabinets
imgp1668	A nice Victorian beach shelter at Weymouth
imgp1675	A view of Weymouth's river
imgp1677	We pick up some supplies for dinner
imgp1678	It's time for a beer in a proper old booozer
imgp1679	Sean checks the beers out
imgp1681	At the bar of the George Inn in Easton, Portland
imgp1682	Hannah and Sean in the 18th century George Inn
imgp1683	There's a lot of carved graffiti on the table