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Post by Leesfarm07 » Sat Jul 22, 2017 8:55 pm

Just arrived for two weeks in the caravan in the new forest. Not been down this way before but looks good so far. Anyone from down this way got any pointers on where best to visit. Beaulieu motor museum is a deffo
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Post by buzyg » Sat Jul 22, 2017 9:36 pm

Bovington tank museum is not too far away. Watch the Bournmouth traffic though. Have a good one.
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Post by Leesfarm07 » Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:02 pm

Not sure exactly where we are as swmbo booked everything and I just nodded at all the right times. Its called Sandy balls which when i saw the name i had a horrible feeling we'd stumbled across a nudist camp site by mistake...fortunately everyone is fully clothed :rofl: I'll have a look at the tank museum. I think we've got a day planned at the navel dockyard in Portsmouth.
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Post by Darkangelv2 » Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:32 pm

Go to Boulderwood if you like spotting plenty of deer. Best times are very early or the evening just before sunset.

Make sure you're nice and quiet and you're guaranteed to see quite a few. Just make sure you walk all the way round the back of the 'farm' and you'll see them.
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Post by Leesfarm07 » Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:54 pm

Brill I'll give that a Google see how far away it is. I was surprised at the horses grazing on the side of the road on the way here
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Post by Paulr » Sat Jul 22, 2017 11:51 pm

Get a ferry to the Isle of Wight and have a day out there.
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Post by buzyg » Sun Jul 23, 2017 7:26 am

Leesfarm07 wrote: Sat Jul 22, 2017 10:02 pm Not sure exactly where we are as swmbo booked everything and I just nodded at all the right times. Its called Sandy balls which when i saw the name i had a horrible feeling we'd stumbled across a nudist camp site by mistake...fortunately everyone is fully clothed :rofl: I'll have a look at the tank museum. I think we've got a day planned at the navel dockyard in Portsmouth.
I used to drive past Sandy balls every week, on my back road commute from Portsmouth to Plymouth. It's on the West side of the forest. If you get a chance look up Zig Zag hill. A fantastic piece of tarmac that was also on that route.
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Post by Leesfarm07 » Sun Jul 23, 2017 2:26 pm

buzyg wrote: Sun Jul 23, 2017 7:26 am I used to drive past Sandy balls every week, on my back road commute from Portsmouth to Plymouth. It's on the West side of the forest. If you get a chance look up Zig Zag hill. A fantastic piece of tarmac that was also on that route.
Unfortunately I've not got the zed here...just my borrowed lumbering c class estate to tow the caravan and my work Renault trafic but I'll see if I can find it :thumbsup:
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Post by elevensies » Sun Jul 23, 2017 7:40 pm

i went couple of years ago in my dodge ram day van, pulled up to stay overnight, to be turned away saying my van wasnt a proper camper!!!!
i said its exactly how they came out the factiry in the states, and my the look of 90% of the VW t5 transporters i could see, they all were converted panel vans :headbang:
so not my favorite place im afraid for staying over
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Post by Leesfarm07 » Sun Jul 23, 2017 10:35 pm

elevensies wrote: Sun Jul 23, 2017 7:40 pm i went couple of years ago in my dodge ram day van, pulled up to stay overnight, to be turned away saying my van wasnt a proper camper!!!!
i said its exactly how they came out the factiry in the states, and my the look of 90% of the VW t5 transporters i could see, they all were converted panel vans :headbang:
so not my favorite place im afraid for staying over
I'm waiting for them to question my van parked up
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Post by andy.c » Mon Jul 24, 2017 2:43 pm

Im down in the forest at the moment staying at my old mans place, if you go to Beaulieu you should go
check out Bucklers hard its just down the road from there, you have also got the New Forest Show on from 25-27th
of this month thats near Brockenhurst and just up the road from my old mans place is Sammy Millers motorbike museam
thats worth having a look if your into bikes and they do a nice breakfast in there as well.

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Post by Leesfarm07 » Mon Jul 24, 2017 3:05 pm

Going to beaulieu Tom or Thursday whilst swmbo takes her lad to bovington. Always fancied beaulieu
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Post by buzyg » Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:44 pm

Leesfarm07 wrote: Mon Jul 24, 2017 3:05 pm Going to beaulieu Tom or Thursday whilst swmbo takes her lad to bovington. Always fancied beaulieu
Of the two I would go back to Bovington first. :o Beaulieu is a fantastic place all the same. :thumbsup: None of you will be disappointed. :D
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