TRAVEL GETAWAY
PERHAPS CHOOSING to spend a few days touring near the coast, straight after one of the wettest Februarys for almost 200 years, wasn't the best idea, but we reasoned that we are used to wet weather and we have all the necessary outdoor gear.
We weren't going to let the rain put us off – we would carry on with our plans!
We had booked to stay at Hurst View Leisure in Pennington, between Lymington and the Keyhaven Marshes Nature Reserve, perfect for some waterside walking.
The hardstandings were a bit waterlogged (at least we weren't silly enough to try to pitch on grass), but once we'd negotiated the mud outside the van door, we would be perfectly warm and dry inside. It turned out that leaving the van was when the trouble started!
Worth the walk
Arriving in the late afternoon, with the rain having (temporarily) stopped, we decided to tackle the short walk to the nearby pub for dinner. Donning walking boots and waterproofs – even dog Willow was kitted out in her raincoat – we set off
