Friday the 13th August - Unlucky for some but not for us as we had a long weekend away from work and this day we went to the New Forest.
We stopped off at the visitor centre in Lyndhurst to see if there was anything of interest happening in the area. We then headed off to Bank one of our favorite walking spots. The weather was not brilliant and the light was quite poor at times but Ian got some good photos - my attempts were not so good. We came across a young Red Deer foraging around in the bracken. I got some really good close up shots but none of them came out, all out of focus. We also saw amongst others a Sliver washed Fritilary Butterfly.
After Bank we went to Bolderwood where there is a deer viewing platform. We were lucky as you can see, that a herd of Fallow deer and some quite young ones were in the vicinity. We then headed off to the open moorland near Sway where we had another walk.
Ian had a close encounter with a foal, its mother was none too happy about him being so close and we had to make a hasty retreat. Mr F retreating at a greater pace than me!! We just got back to the car before the heavens opened so we retreated to the pub for an early supper and home.
