Back with the Wifi!!! (Warning - lots of photos!)

I'm pleased to say that we're back with Wifi now - yay! Sad to say, however, that it means that we are back home and not on holiday anymore.

We left home last Saturday morning and headed south, for a change, to visit DH's daughter in Hampshire. We haven't visited since she moved there with her partner over two years ago, so we were long overdue a visit (apologies to my step-daughter if you read this). With a few stops along the way we eventually arrived at our self-catering accommodation late Saturday afternoon. I say accommodation as DD spent the week referring to it as 'the Shed' that we were staying in! It was called The Woodshed, and was just that - a converted outbuilding used as a wood shed. It doesn't even look like a cottage from the outside ………

…….but it was lovely inside, with a wood burner and huge patio doors which opened out on to the field behind. We walked Oscar on the field every day which he loved. 

The down side to the 'Shed' was that once you were inside there was no phone signal at all - zilch, nil, nothing at all. However, if you stood just outside the patio doors and just at the edge of the building you could just about get a faint 3G signal! So we haven't used the internet a lot when we've been there.

Sunday we went across to see DH's daughter in their new-ish house. They moved in last year, about November time I think, so they've been able to get some decorating done in the last few months. It's a lovely house and they have lots of plans for it, so it will look really good once they've finished. Unfortunately we couldn't take Oscar in the house as one of their cats has a few behaviour issues (just as Oscar has a few behaviour issues) so they figured if a dog went in the house it would set her back all the hard work they've been doing to help their cat. Thankfully we're in a position to completely understand why we couldn't let Oscar in the house, and we had a bit of a laugh about the fact that we both seem to have pets with issues.

Monday we went to Brighton, part of the other reason for spending a week in the South. We promised DD we'd take her to Brighton ages ago - some of the people she follows on Youtube live in Brighton, so I think she was secretly hoping to bump in to them on the street. We had some glorious weather while we were there......

......and found some beach huts which we hadn't know about! They were really pretty……

.....but unfortunately DD didn't bump in to any of her Vloggers. 

Tuesday we headed out to a Country Park to get out walking. Again, the sun was shining and it got quite hot for most of the walk. I think Oscar enjoyed himself and DD certainly seemed to for most of the way, mainly because of the obstacle course that we found and the giants chair ……….

Wednesday we just drove to a nearby village for a bit of a wander, and then another short walk with Oscar. And yet more sunshine!

At night we drove out to a pub which was roughly half-way between where we were staying and where DH's daughter lives - a good compromise to meet up and have a meal out. The meal itself was lovely but the drive home in the dark was a bit scary along the country roads.

Thursday we met up with DH's daughter so that she could show us round the city where she lives - her first opportunity to show us round and give us a bit of guided tour of the place. Once more, we had glorious weather and we all got quite hot walking by the river. It was a lovely place and we can see the appeal of it for her and why she moved there.

And Friday, our last day, and our last chance to go walking in the country. We set off walking from the 'Shed' itself and headed across to the nearby hill. It was quite overcast when we left but it was still quite warm. After skirting the edge of a field with cows in, which I'm quite nervous in, and another one with horses in that DH is nervous with, we headed for the local pub, hoping to have a quick drink before going back to the 'Shed'. 

We got there just at 3pm to find it had just shut!! Typical. Thankfully we didn't have far to go back, so we took advantage of the nice weather and sat outside for a while before getting changed to go back to DH's daughter's for a takeaway curry night. Lovely.

And today has been time to come home, back to Lancashire. And, it appears, to also leave the nice weather behind as it rained on the way back!

We've had a fabulous week in sunny Hampshire, and seen some very pretty English villages.

Next stop - Scotland in Summer for DH's birthday!!!!!