Bournemouth

Saturday, August 30 - as the "summer" draws to a close Ian and went to spend the weekend with our friends Emma and Dave. We took the train from Bristol to South Hampton where Emma and Dave picked us up. We drove to through the New Forest to the Brockenhurst train station and took the train to Bournemouth. A beach town, Bournemouth is a bit like Bristol set along the coast. The city itself wasn't very thrilling but there was a lovely park and long sandy beaches. We arrived at the station and walked through the city and park to the beach where we stopped to have fish 'n chips. It was a good meal despite the wait and the heat. There was a air show at Bournemouth this weekend and it was estimated that 1/4 million people had been through the city on Saturday. We could see some of the air demonstrations from the restaurant and we were refreshed from our travel by the food and lots of water. After lunch we walked along the cliffs taking in the air show. We made our way down to the beach and sat on the sand to watch the wing walkers perform. We stuck our feet in the water and watched the day's final performance of military parachuters landing on the beach. We then made our way back to the train station and back to Brockenhurst.