My STAR

It was Gill’s Birthday on the 21st so a big weekend was planned starting on Friday 17th when we visited Bournemouth in the morning for the annual Red Arrows display over the pier, if you want to get close to a Red Arrows air display, position yourselves at the end of the pier and watch the display above you. Great! More photos on the web, see link to the left..

Then back to Southampton to our friends S&P to take Lindford (their dog) for a walk in the New Forest, before returning to Bournemouth for a meal at Hot Rocks and watch the firework display, best spot is on the Hot Rocks balcony, food drink and fireworks, what a way to end the day.

Saturday, well it rained all day, so after another walk in the New Forest we visited Buelea for a little shopping. In the evening we went to Shirley a suburb of Southampton for a Chinees meal at Kachina, great food, we opted for the buffet, as many starters including crispy duck as you can eat and to round off a main course.

Sunday after a lie in another walk in the forest, well you have to get rid of all those calories somehow, before a visit to a local hotel for Sunday lunch (the end to a perfect weekend) before driving home.

I’ve been getting concerned about the size of my carbon footprint so I decided this week to do something about it, I visited the local shoe shop and had my feet measured and I’m pleased to report they are still size nine, haven’t changed for years so I can stop worrying.

Mind you the Climate protestors at Heathrow showed us the way to cut down on carbon emissions by turning up at their camp in 4 x 4’s and white vans, in clothes made in India & China with tents I should imagine were also manufactured abroad!!!!!