NEW FOREST, HAMPSHIRE.

These ponies are wild and you should not attempt to feed them as they are unpredictable and can kick and bite. These were seen where the Beaulieu Road branches off the A35 at Lyndhurst but they are to be seen all over the forest on the open ground. The scenery is great and you would certainly doubt it is in somewhere in England...

A THATCHED COTTAGE, SWAN GREEN, HAMPSHIRE

Hampshire is, perhaps, the most diverse of the counties in Southern England. Based mostly on chalk it includes part of the South Downs, which also runs into Sussex, and the New Forest - 100 square miles of forest and open heaths. Hampshire was part of King Harold's Wessex in Saxon times.This part of the South Downs is clad with 'hangers'. I really like those cottages, they look like Human Beings and they are so cosy. I dream of spending some holiday there!!!

QUIZ: MYSTERY PHOTO (1)

Today, let's have a little game for a change... I would like you to tell me where this picture was taken and what this is all about. I'll give you a few days to ask me questions or just post your guesses.

Enjoy!!

WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER, SUSSEX

Here's a nice picture from the famous cliffs of Dover. They were mentioned by Julius Caesar in his account of the Roman invasion of Britain in 55 BC. Shakespeare too makes reference to them in King Lear and the lines beginning "There is a cliff, whose high and bending head looks fearfully on the confined deep" are commemorated by Shakespeare Cliff to the west of the town. These chalk cliffs were formed in the Cretaceous Period, which commenced about 136,000,000 years ago.(waooh!!) Apart from these technical elements, they're just wonderful.