New Forest Thatched Cottage B&B

Hasn't taken him long to get down from Setley - gathering up a nice herd. Stallion.

...and here he is back then, Steve in1991, with great-grandparents Charles and Mona.

This is really cool. Well I think so. Steve and Jess arrive to stay a couple of nights - on an extended trip from Australia. Steve was last here in the early 90's when he was 2 years of age, visiting his great-grandparents, Charles and Mona Birt who had lived in our cottage. Many local people in the village remember them well.

May in the New Forest. Newborn foals arriving and the stallions put out today. Which one will make it over this way I wonder?

At last - a foal on our patch this morning. Might need binoculars to see it, didn't want to go too close.

Tery, trying to see the three red stag grazing opposite the cottage this morning.

Happy Birthday Amanda, night out at The Pig, Brockenhurst.

Good to see them back - the hairy Highlands, out and summer forest grazing after a winter at Black Knoll.

Birthday celebrations on Easter Monday...

Our Michelin star testing crew head out for the evening. Montagu Arms, here they come, Neil and Eve x

Sun, sun, sun. Happy Easter everyone. Haley and Mark enjoying a game of cribbage in the garden (Haley is winning).

Catherine and George, from Basel, Switzerland setting off this morning to Exbury Gardens, Beaulieu

Nearly ready, Izzy and Louis - family wedding over at Burley Manor.

Couples who play together stay together. Happy 33rd anniversary Lynn and Ian. What a commitment and all before breakfast!

Perfect morning for a quick cycle over to Ringwood. Isn't there a brewery over there somewhere?

Getting Alfie to sit still for second is really tricky. He should be tired after the walk to Burley and back yesterday.

What a coincidence. These parents discover something in common: both have been treated to a few days away here, for an anniversary or birthday present, by a son who has also stayed at the B&B!

Nic was left in charge this morning, while I went out to play.