The magnolia is in full bloom
Keyhaven, Crazy Golf and Snooker, New Milton, Hampshire - 13th April 2025
Phil's over from the US so Sean arranges a meet up in New Milton. As Sean's flat is not far from the station, the train is the obvious way to go, even though it means two sets of rail replacement - one bus from Colchester to Billericay, and another from Eastleigh to New Milton station itself. On arrival, we stop off at the Hourglass for a pint of craft beer, then head out to Old Milton to what was once known as the Jarna. The next day, Sean drives us over to Keyhaven in Sydney's pink car, then we meet up with Phil and his mum for lunch at The Globe in Highcliffe. After that, and a game of mini golf in Christchurch Park, we check out a newish Chinese restaurant in New Milton, which turns out to be awesome, and then end up in the Conservative Club for a few games of snooker. After we return to Sean's flat, we play drums (on an electronic kit) until about three in the morning.
previous album: A Day in Felixstowe, Suffolk - 11th April 2025
Fred roams around the boatyard at Weybread
Isobel heads off for a paddle
There's a carpet of purple
Fred comes in after a paddle in the canoe
The train picks up again at Billericay
The dreaded rail replacement bus
Shenfield station
The M25 is looking un-hosed for a change
People mill around like ants at Stratford
A Financial Times blows around at London Bridge
The escalator at Waterloo
Waterloo's ceiling is blocked by scaffolding
The train to Eastleigh waits on Platform 9
Waterloo's grand ironwork
First on the train again
Bright graffiti on a substation
A stack of trains at Clapham Junction
A blur of railway tracks
A Class 66 'shed' at Eastleigh
It's rail replacement bus time at Eastleigh
The footbridge over the tracks at Eastleigh
Eastleigh is the end of the line
There's a big queue for buses at Eastleigh
There's a surge of people onto the bus
Building art through a rainy windscreen
Southampton Central railway station
Batts Corner in Totton
The A35 on the way to Lyndhurst
It's still raining in Lyndhurst
Brockenhurst Chambers, built in 1913
The gorse is in flower in the New Forest
The Rising Sun near Bashley
A view of Station Road in New Milton
We stop off for a beer in the Hourglass
Sean loads up in the Raj Retaurant in Old Milton
We head off for a beer in the Wheatsheaf
A look back at The Raj in Old Milton
Sean's on his phone in the Wheatsheaf
The muds at Keyhaven
Boats on the river at Keyhaven
Looking over the reeds to the boats
A large RIB is craned into the river
There's a ladder for each boat on a mooring
The dinghy yard of Hurst Castle Sailing Club
A nice little gaff-rig dinghy heads off up river
Sean's boat bobs around
Sean looks out to his boat
A derelict petrol station in Milford
A parade of shops on Barton-on-Sea cliff top
Sean gets out of the Pink Peril
Phil in the Globe, Highcliffe
Bernice buys us all lunch at the Globe
Phil gets a photo of Olli's dessert
Bernice, Olli and Phil
Phil and Olli wait for a taxi on Lymington Road
Sean drives us around somewhere else
We play mini-golf in Christchurch Park
Phil putts his ball
Apparently-sanitised golf putters
Hall-of-mirrors selfie in an Airstream caravan
Swans on the River Avon in Christchurch
The bandstand in Christchurch Park
We head off back to the car park
Boats on the River Avon
There's a Whale Tail in the park
Nosher's old pad on Barton Court Avenue
The site of the former Marine Bar and Hotel
Fishing off the groynes at Barton
Beach huts on the undercliff
Fishing on the beach
The path on the beach is closed
The Barton shops edge ever-closer to the cliff
The former estate agent is now a regular house
A derelict DVD shop in New Milton
We try out a nice new Chinese restaurant
Fancy Chinese food arrives
We're playing snooker at the Conservative Club
Sean goes for the long shot
Phil considers his next move
A line of reds
Sean on the snooker table
The Conservative Club has emptied out
Sean swings by the bar on the way out
The mean streets of New Milton at night
The amusingly-named New Miltan
Phil waits for a taxi in Galleon's office
Nosher and Sean end up playing drums until 3am
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The magnolia is in full bloom
The magnolia is in full bloom
Fred roams around the boatyard at Weybread
Isobel heads off for a paddle
There's a carpet of purple
Fred comes in after a paddle in the canoe
The train picks up again at Billericay
The dreaded rail replacement bus
Shenfield station
The M25 is looking un-hosed for a change
People mill around like ants at Stratford
A Financial Times blows around at London Bridge
The escalator at Waterloo
Waterloo's ceiling is blocked by scaffolding
The train to Eastleigh waits on Platform 9
Waterloo's grand ironwork
First on the train again
Bright graffiti on a substation
A stack of trains at Clapham Junction
A blur of railway tracks
A Class 66 'shed' at Eastleigh
It's rail replacement bus time at Eastleigh
The footbridge over the tracks at Eastleigh
Eastleigh is the end of the line
There's a big queue for buses at Eastleigh
There's a surge of people onto the bus
Building art through a rainy windscreen
Southampton Central railway station
Batts Corner in Totton
The A35 on the way to Lyndhurst
It's still raining in Lyndhurst
Brockenhurst Chambers, built in 1913
The gorse is in flower in the New Forest
The Rising Sun near Bashley
A view of Station Road in New Milton
We stop off for a beer in the Hourglass
Sean loads up in the Raj Retaurant in Old Milton
We head off for a beer in the Wheatsheaf
A look back at The Raj in Old Milton
Sean's on his phone in the Wheatsheaf
The muds at Keyhaven
Boats on the river at Keyhaven
Looking over the reeds to the boats
A large RIB is craned into the river
There's a ladder for each boat on a mooring
The dinghy yard of Hurst Castle Sailing Club
A nice little gaff-rig dinghy heads off up river
Sean's boat bobs around
Sean looks out to his boat
A derelict petrol station in Milford
A parade of shops on Barton-on-Sea cliff top
Sean gets out of the Pink Peril
Phil in the Globe, Highcliffe
Bernice buys us all lunch at the Globe
Phil gets a photo of Olli's dessert
Bernice, Olli and Phil
Phil and Olli wait for a taxi on Lymington Road
Sean drives us around somewhere else
We play mini-golf in Christchurch Park
Phil putts his ball
Apparently-sanitised golf putters
Hall-of-mirrors selfie in an Airstream caravan
Swans on the River Avon in Christchurch
The bandstand in Christchurch Park
We head off back to the car park
Boats on the River Avon
There's a Whale Tail in the park
Nosher's old pad on Barton Court Avenue
The site of the former Marine Bar and Hotel
Fishing off the groynes at Barton
Beach huts on the undercliff
Fishing on the beach
The path on the beach is closed
The Barton shops edge ever-closer to the cliff
The former estate agent is now a regular house
A derelict DVD shop in New Milton
We try out a nice new Chinese restaurant
Fancy Chinese food arrives
We're playing snooker at the Conservative Club
Sean goes for the long shot
Phil considers his next move
A line of reds
Sean on the snooker table
The Conservative Club has emptied out
Sean swings by the bar on the way out
The mean streets of New Milton at night
The amusingly-named New Miltan
Phil waits for a taxi in Galleon's office
Nosher and Sean end up playing drums until 3am