Looking Towards the Isle of Wight

It was a beautiful sunny morning, with scudding clouds in the sky, so we got up fairly early and decided to go to Hengistbury Head, a nature reserve surrounded by clay and ironstone cliffs, which separates Poole Bay and Christchurch Bay. It is an ancient monument and is believed to be the home to one of Britain's first Iron Age communities.

Sometimes we walk along the beach from Boscombe but at this time of the year, the car parking charges are very reasonable so it is worth taking the car and anyway, I have been having a problem with my left ankle, so walking about 9 miles probably wouldn't do it much good!

John wanted to do some bird watching, but the tide was very high and there wasn't much about. Wasn't sure whether I would manage the walk from Hengistbury to Mudeford, which takes about half an hour, but I did. It was interesting to see all the beach huts at Mudeford in varying colours and in different states of repair, having been through a long winter, with people working on them, obviously trying to get them ready for Easter, when maybe we will have some decent weather. Just recently one was sold for £170,000, making it the most expensive beach hut in Britain.

We walked along the beach for a while and enjoyed the sunshine but as it was rather windy, and my eyes were watering a lot, I decided to take the land train back whilst John walked on to Mudeford Spit. I waited in the Hikers' Cafe and after about an hour John returned. He was a little disappointed but managed to see some Teal, Widgeon, Brent Geese and Redshank - although none of them close enough to get a decent photograph.

The sky clouded up and it was getting rather wild and windy on top of the cliffs, so we decided to head back home - we had the best of the day and we enjoyed looking at God's creation.

Tonight we have been invited next door to our friends, Erich and Lisa, for brownies and hot chocolate - no good for the diet, but I did walk quite a long way this morning!!

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth......... And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good...... And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.
Genesis 1 : 1, 10 & 31
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