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Corfe Castle and the area around is really nice - we go for drives
around there in the Summer as about an hour from us. It has loads
of little villages around and is fun to just follow some of the sign
posts along the little lanes as you find all sorts of interesting scenes
and quite often fetes etc. There is a bus that links into Poole and
goes around these villages and across the chain ferry. If you get out
on the Corfe side before it goes over the ferry you can walk along the
beach then up into Studland village as quite a nice pub there - (Studland Beach is a nudist beach but just look out to sea and try not to snicker). There is a steam train into Swanage from Corfe Castle and of course it is the Jurassic coast so I'll avoid comments about fossils. The other side of the chain ferry is Sandbanks where all the rich footballers live -again you can snicker as there is some demonstrations of extreme bad taste!
From Poole you can do Bournmouth (nice beach, not much else), then head for Christchurch and Mudeford, Hengistbury Head etc and the New Forest. I live in Mudeford and my lottie is on the road to Lyndhurst. About ten minutes up this road you can take any number of turns and you are in the New Forset - again loads of villages and beautiful spots to stop and feel you are the only one there and be grateful of the peace and silence.
So you have made a good choice - near lots of other places or just explore the area around there.

Dear Westi, thank you so much for that, some lovely ideas, made all the better knowing that you might be driving about.
I will look out for someone with a glass of wine in their hand.

Just one more question, i don't suppose you know if there are any horse riding centres around that area, are there?

Hi Westi,
You shouldn't have told OH about the Nudist Beach because he will look out to see and snicker!
JB.

Johnboy wrote:Hi Westi,
You shouldn't have told OH about the Nudist Beach because he will look out to see and snicker!
JB.

Snicker, snicker

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Just one more question, i don't suppose you know if there are any horse riding centres around that area, are there?[/quote]

Is this the one you were looking for OH

I'm a bit worried posting this - but yes there is horse riding at Studland - I'm not sure whether clothes are optional or not though... they were wearing all the gear when I saw them.

Westi

PS: Won't be driving around with my wine - spill too much but could find me at one of the little inns in the garden with a spritzer if the weather is good!

Thanks for that Westi, nice and close.

I hope it's not bare back, horse riding at Studland.

I'll look for someone staggering about in a Inn garden then.