We were down for breakfast at 7 . We then had a day out in the New Forest. Our first stop was Lyndhurst. We had a good look around the Heritage centre first.
We then walked to the Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels. We went to see “Alice’s” grave. Alice Hargreaves (nee Liddell) was the inspiration for Lewis Caroll’s ‘Alice’. She lived in Lyndhurst for 50 years and worshipped at this church. Her simple (as requested) grave is outside the south of the church.
Most people visit the church to see the Renaissance stained glass windows, so we went inside.
The vicar started chatting to us. He used to be a marine at Deal. BUT the talk was all about how much money they needed for the church. Above the altar was a fresco of the Wise and Foolish Virgins painted by Frederic Leighton.
Our next stop was Brockenhurst and what cheeky donkeys live here. They were wandering up and down the High Street and looked as if they wanted to go into Tesco!
From there we went on to Lymington and stayed there for a couple of hours. Back to the hotel for our Christmas dinner as today was “Christmas”. We had turkey and all the trimmings followed by Christmas pud!
We had a singer in the ballroom and more dancing (and drinking!)
Thought for the Day – “Happiness is a choice, a repetitive one.”