Journey from Montacute (Somerset) to East Boldre (Hampshire) : 26th June 2011

Journey from Montacute (Somerset) to East Boldre (Hampshire)  : 26th June  2011

We had met up with some of the guests and the hosts of the wedding we attended in Montacute on Friday again on the Saturday night and they suggested that we should  take a scenic route to the New Forest rather than the main roads and we followed recommendations by heading in Yeovil direction then going on to Sherborne and Shaftesbury then up through “the zig zag road”,  through Sixpenny Handley and onto  Cranborne Chase. From there we drove to Fordinbridge then down to East Boldre in the New Forest, Hampshire. It was quite a route and very scenic indeed. The zig zag road was more like the hairpin road but by the time we got to the top we stopped in a lay-by to relax for a bit. As we stood there taking in the view of the land below us, behind us Skylarks started to rise out of the wheat field singing and displaying.

We looked for so long that we even managed to get a scope on them.  We also saw a range of more common birds with the skies full of Swallows, Swifts and Martins wherever we went. We also saw three Buzzards on the way

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