New Forest and Bournemouth Pier

 Before getting to Bournemoth you pass the New Forest and it is so impressive mile after mile of trees and we even saw some of the ponies.

I recalled the book Children of the New Forest and will have to read it again as I read it years ago.

Children of the New Forest is an exciting tale set in the time of the English Civil War in the 17th Century. In the New Forest, the four Beverly children, Edward, Alice, Humphrey, Edith are orphaned when their father is killed in the battle of Naseby by the Roundheads.They live hiding with Jacob Armitage, an old forester who lives in a cottage deep in the woods and learn to live as best they can.

Children of the New Forest 

On to Bournemouth

The pier is lovely with plenty to do there some are expensive like the Oceanarium

I would have loved to go in but at nearly £10 each we did not bother. Everything is expensive and you could easily spend £70 just on doing simple things.

This is the approach to the pier and a long way from the Coach station we got a taxi and was pleased we did it is much further than you think.
This is the entrance to the pier.

We had a drink in  Hot Rocks a nice place that serves meals as well. They make Pizzas using real pizza ovens whilst you wait.

Everywhere is clean and that is such a pleasure as so many places are untidy and no nasty old fat smells from fish and chips frying either.
 We had lunch here a lovely Cornish Pasty

The tiny circles in the picture are water fountains that come on every so many minutes an the children love running through them.