title	The Golden Boys in New Milton, Hampshire - 17th January 2026
intro	It's a rare alignment of planets as Phil's over from the US for a few days to sort some stuff out, Hamish is on one of the few weeks a year when he's not on holiday, Sean's around in New Milton and Nosher's not currently down with a kidney infection, so Sean sorts us all out to be in New Milton at the same time. Nosher gets down by train and starts off early with a beer in the Hourglass craft pub near the station, after which Sean joins up for a few more. The next morning, we meet up with Hamish and Jane for breakfast at the Daisy Tea Garden at Setley Ridge garden centre near Brockenhurst. Then Nosher and Sean head over to Lymington for a walk around town and a browse through the Saturday market, after which we drive over to Keyhaven for a short walk. On Saturday evening, Phil's arrived from the US and meets us, plus Hannah, Hamish and Phil's brother Chris, in the excellent Blossom Chinese Restaurant on Old Milton Road. After that, it's time for a few games of snooker in the Conservative Club on Station Road.
imgp5992	Class 90 90004, former City of Chelmsford
imgp5995	Wooden stumps in the estuary at Manningtree
imgp5999	Back at Waterloo station
imgp6002	Low sun on buildings near Waterloo Station
imgp6006	Phone messaging ennui at Southampton Station
imgp6011	Platform 2 at New Milton Station
imgp6012	Sean in the Hourglass pub in New Milton
imgp6013	The mean streets of New Milton
imgp6014	We're back in the Hourglass micro pub
imgp6018	Sean and Hamish in the Daisy café
imgp6020	Jane and Nosher in the café
imgp6025	Hamish nicks the camera for a selfie
imgp6026	We walk back through Setley Ridge Garden Centre
imgp6030	Blue sky behind St. Thomas in Lymington
imgp6031	The 1960 former post Office in Lymington
imgp6034	"F The Gov", apparently
imgp6035	A bakery stall on Lymington Market
imgp6037	More market stalls on Lymington Saturday Market
imgp6039	Quay Hill in Lymington
imgp6040	The King's Head at the top of Quay Hill
imgp6041	Quay Street in Lymington
imgp6045	Swans pootle about at the quay
imgp6047	Sacks of shellfish are hauled up
imgp6049	The quay outside the Ship Inn
imgp6051	Boats in the marina at Lymington
imgp6052	Sculls head off under the railway bridge
imgp6054	Sean's on his phone again
imgp6057	A back alley off Lymington's High Street
imgp6058	The remains of a Victorian shop sign on a wall
imgp6059	Looking up the High Street to St. Thomas
imgp6063	A random second-hand tool sale
imgp6065	Bright paddle boards and canoes at Keyhaven
imgp6067	It's clear all the way to Yarmouth Isle of Wight
imgp6068	Sun on the river at Keyhaven
imgp6074	Frothing water at the sluice gate
imgp6075	Sean on Lower Pennington Lane
imgp6078	Walkers on Hurst Spit
imgp6084	Derelict petrol station on High Street in Milford
imgp6085	A derelict diesel pump at a derelict petrol station
imgp6090	We drive up Meadow Way in Barton on Sea
imgp6091	Barton Court Avenue in Barton on Sea
imgp6093	The Westcliffe Buildings on Seaward Avenue
imgp6095	A view to Hengistbury Head
imgp6098	Dog walkers on the beach at Highcliffe
imgp6102	Bournemouth is in the distance
imgp6105	The river at Mudeford
imgp6108	Hamish and Phil in Blossom's Chinese restaurant
img-20260118-wa0003	The owner does a group photo
img-20260118-wa0008	Hannah and Sean in Blossom's 
imgp6113	Hamish plays a shot
imgp6114	Phil cues up a shot
imgp6117	Nosher considers a next move
imgp6123	Chris, Sean and Phil in the Conservative Club
imgp6126	Hamish cues up
imgp6133	Sean, Phil and Hamish
imgp6138	There's a black ball teetering over a pocket
imgp6140	Phil's got the extensions on
imgp6143	Chris heads off in the Hamish-mobile
imgp6144	Apparently controversial signs on a shop
imgp6147	Sean and Chris in Bernice's lounge