YEW TREE COTTAGE IN NEW FORREST
OVER 300 YRS OLD
I organised a weekend away for Jacqui Brown's birthday. This adventure was a classic! With lots of pics that should prob not be shown to anyone other than who was there! What happens in New forest stays in New Forest ;-)
It was a big surprise for her, thank goodness as it is very hard trying to keep a surprise with like 8 people involved. Non the less we managed it. So after making sure everyone packed the night before, and eventually the week ended, we finally headed off on our adventure around 8.00pm. Jess and Blake took there car full of hooligans ;-) and Deano took the rest of us. After some bubbly, special home-baked cookies , 2 hours later, we get a SOS call from the convoy hooligan carridge, "We are busting for the loo, can we please stop" So number 1 pit stop begins, and with the girls falling out the car, jumping over a fence onto a farm land, giggling the whole way through, think Norch was still holding the champers bottle at this point and running up the down the hill! Good work ladies, poor class :-)
With their bladders relieved and happy smiles aproaching, we shoved them back in and continued on the road, Jax was no idea at this point as she remarked "we are going to Portsmouth hay?", thank goodness she didn't have her glasses on and we drove straight into the heart of new forest, found our lovey cottage name "YEW TREE"
Yew Tree is around 300yrs old and in amazing condition, outside and in, I would defo recommend this place for a weekend away or just to get away from the hussle bussle lifestyle. We quickly unpack our stuff and run inside, feeling like we are truely on holiday with everyone fighting to get up the stairs first to grab rooms! After finding more doors and passageways, I feel like I'm in Alice and Wonderland and it's just perfect, Jax is so happy and suprised, her face was the best, it made my heart warm.
We all headed to the loundge which had a open fire place and started the fire, got our board games out and our drinking hats on and lots more snacks and food and drink later, were like the 10 merry dwafts in a fairy tale, happy as! Then I got Jax's cake out and we sang happy birthday full of beans to which Jax did some interesting poses in her photographs, (which I still laugh at every time I see them)
After walking downstairs with a crooked neck, found my lovely posse sitting in the blazing morning sun and breakfast being cooked! Looked like a mass chicken murder with all those eggs in the pan. So not only are we in New forest but we have hot sun!, a huge garden, a ball! (yay) and great company.
We decide to go for a nice long walk in the forest and go to a pub along the way, their are ponies and donkeys everywhere just walking around freely. There is always a challenge when we go away and here again another one presents itself, we had to cross a stream, a running start helps but if you aint got ye jump down, well you get the picture. Mish to the rescue girls and then Norch took a running leap, and made it lekker with those long legs. The walk through the forest was amazing, so peaceful, sun was blazing through the trees, and it was very quiet, except for our troop of course ;-)
That night was kinda a repeat of the last, except Blake fell into a bush and hit a wall, ha ha still laughing Blake still laughing.
On Sunday we chilled in the garden in the sun till the afternoon, ended up going to the pub, having something to eat, by this point I dont think I could drink another drop of red wine if you paid me. Driving back through the forest was wicked, had such a laugh, car was taking strain with all of us and with me trying to drink my Bulmars finished while Blake made sure this was a hard task, the laughter continued.
We hit the road back home as reality sets in we need to get our arses back to London for work, kids and get out of the fog we are in. Weekends away are the best! Happy birthday Jax xx
