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First time at new forest
- Leesfarm07
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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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- buzyg
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Bovington tank museum is not too far away. Watch the Bournmouth traffic though. Have a good one.
- Leesfarm07
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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 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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- Darkangelv2
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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.
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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- Leesfarm07
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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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Get a ferry to the Isle of Wight and have a day out there.
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- buzyg
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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.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 I'll have a look at the tank museum. I think we've got a day planned at the navel dockyard in Portsmouth.
- Leesfarm07
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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
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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
so not my favorite place im afraid for staying over
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
so not my favorite place im afraid for staying over
- Leesfarm07
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I'm waiting for them to question my van parked upelevensies 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
so not my favorite place im afraid for staying over
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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.
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.
- Leesfarm07
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Going to beaulieu Tom or Thursday whilst swmbo takes her lad to bovington. Always fancied beaulieu
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- buzyg
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Of the two I would go back to Bovington first. Beaulieu is a fantastic place all the same. None of you will be disappointed.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