Calshot & beyond

Yesterday I dusted her off and wiped away the cobwebs, for a day out along the south coast, led by me, to ensure that we don't have to do any 'U' turns.

We all met up at the Gadget home and left Gadgetman rewiring the trike.



Then headed down to Calshot for lunch, where Lala pulled on Fazermans jacket....and pulled them both backwards off the bench seat onto the ground, that was funny. Then she went off to meet the sea.....that was funny too....



......Fazerman unsuccessfully avoided a photograph



....then posed for me in front of Calshot castle, keen to get back on the road....



Off we rode, through the New Forest, and saw lots of wild ponies, which thrilled Lala to bits because she'd never seen wild ponies before. Then we sat behind lots of traffic and didn't get over 40 mph, the limit in the forest because of the ponies and their foals. The sun shone and we passed through picturesque countryside.

Somewhere near Lymington we stopped in a petrol station where I filled up and we rehydrated ourselves. Fazerman made Lala's bike disappear whilst she was in the shop. She had to go and find it and we thought that was really funny and all laughed.

Then we came to the sea again, Milford-on-Sea this time, for the view of The Needles off the end of the Isle of Wight.



and the houses that have the view of The Needles



Lala met the sea again and got really wet....that was really funny and quite entertaining....



She liked the Needles very much but said that this would be the closest that she would ever get 'cos she doesn't 'do' boats.



My intention for our final stop for the day was a place that I remembered visiting that I thought was Sandbanks, just on from Bournemouth. After a long ride there through lots of traffic, I realised that it wasn't the place that I had intended after all, and after looking at the map again I realised that Mudeford was in fact the place that I remembered, with a spit of land and a ferry and an ice-cream shop.

So we had an ice-cream on the beach and watched beach volley ball for a while.....Lala enjoyed the view with the boys.....



so did lots of other people....



Robert did come with us, as you can see, but he was so well behaved that he doesn't really get a mention. It goes to show that those that shout loudest, get heard, and in this case....seen! Robert and I laughed a lot at the antics of Lala and Fazerman, so were an appreciative audience.

By then it was well after 6, and we were meant to be back at the Gadget house for 7 to meet up with all the 'other halves', for a chinese take away. We weren't going to make it but blasted our way illegally up the A35, A337, A31, M27, M3, A322 and the A3 until we got home at 8, absolutely shattered after a 230 mile days ride.