General Chat

We went to Ringwood today, mainly to pass through, and have a look at, the rather wet New Forest.
Once there, after a 'cursory' walk through town, we headed for 'The Fish Inn', where we procured a half of 'Swordfish' each, and sat by the very swollen river.

The A31 passes over the river. The river was so high, it didn't look like there was enough room for a duck to swim under the bridge, and the river was flowing extremely fast.

As we sat in the garden, by the river with our beer, a very proud swan appeared on the water, looking extremely proud of itself, and sailed by at a fair rate of knots!!

How he got under the bridge I will never know, but having succeeded, and being taken so fast without having to move a feather - he was certainly cock -a- hoop :-D :-D

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Maybe he couldn't stop!

He probably couldn't - unless he actually moved his feet and steered towards the bank - or took off - but he seemed very happy :-D
He actually had his wings just away from his body - like he was making himself as aerodynamic as he could :-D :-D :-D

you HAVE heard a term "GULL WING" when a sailing yacht has the sails spread one on each side of the boat?

today while out shooting targets...a family of Pheasant came meandering by, seemingly not bothered by the sound of the shots or the bullets whizzing over head!!

The swan limbo under the bridge.

How was Ringwood today busy??

Bob - have I heard of the term 'Gull Wing' in sailing?
No.
Looked it up - and now know why I wouldn't like to go sailing - FAR too mathematical :-(
Does it make the boat go faster?

They were clever pheasants - they knew they were safer on the ground :-D

Caroline,
Ringwood was fairly quiet. Some shops appear to have a half day closing on Wednesdays!
Everything else was closing up around 3, but I managed to get some Huss from the fishmongers, sweetbreads from the butcher and veg from the greengrocer :-D :-D

They do half day closing still love it....

Fortunately, the pub was open all day :-D :-D

You've got to keep standards up....

Sometimes, I LOVE not driving :-D :-D :-S

Hic

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Sorry just orange juice was it Maggie??

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When I was a child from about 8 to 15 we used to go to Ringwood for our Sunday school outing (from Fareham), kids on the coach parents who had cars followed the coach. so simple, sports...... sack races, 3 legged, a huge field with cut grass that we made into dens and tea in a local church hall, returning home sunburnt (no sunscreen in those days) and tired and happy. :-) :-)

Ringwood is a lovely place for sure....even on half close Wednesdays.

It is.

We will go again when it's warmer.
That sounds like we don't go very often - we do - and find new places every time :-D

You "gull wing" a sailing boat when running before the wind, mainsail on one side and the jibsail on the other.
Often a "jib stick" is used to hold the jibsail out as a jib on a dinghy doesn't have a boom and without it the sail would easily collapse inwards.