We had a great time on our holidays this year. We went down to Dorset for a week and had lots of fun at the seaside and the forest. Every morning we went for a walk at Ham common and then after a short rest we went off for a longer walk.

We went to the New Forest a couple of times and even though we had a map (not a very good one) the first time we went we managed to get a little bit lost. Not that we minded very much as it meant that we spent longer exploring. The second time we went we had a guide book that had lots of different walks so we managed a nice longish walk that involved not getting lost and a nice stop in Burley for lunch. We were even supplied with a nice bowl of fresh water at our lunch stop. It was nice and shady as well which helped us cool down. On our walks we saw a couple of deer, only one rabbit but lots of ponies. We had fun looking for rabbits but it must have been too hot for them.

We also went to the seaside a couple of days. Sandbanks was our favourite as we could run about on dog part of the beach without being on a lead. We had fun chasing the ball in the sea as it cooled us off. Not the biggest beach in the world but great fun. We also went to Studlands one day which has a huge beach. We didn't go on it though doggies must be on a lead on the beach in the summer. Such a shame as we could have had so much fun. We had to take a ferry to get there which was fun and we did manage to have a long walk from near the ferry through the sand dunes to the visitor centre and then back again. We saw one rabbit on our walk. As we were not allowed on the beach we stopped at Sandbanks on the way back to have a swim.

Every evening we saw Foxy, who was a big tease as we were on the decking and could not chase him. He kept wandering past us but we don't think he as that brave as he had disappeared when we went for our last walk every evening.

Thank you Uncle Dennis for letting us use your holiday home! Can we come back next year?