Nothing better in my book than a birthday or a holiday. Unless you have a Birthday when you are on holiday. Which is usually what I try to arrange if possible, even if I’m going to be out of the country. Which I haven’t done for a good long while, largely due to Covid. Which wasn’t to say to I haven’t managed to get away. This week I’ve been away to one of my favourite places closest to home. My old haunt The New Forest. As a National Park, it’s a pretty cool place. I’ve skipped over my usual holiday stop for somewhere new, which I wasn’t sure about to start with. But I’m kinda ashamed to say this place is better. We have all kinds of wildlife around here. Horses. Ponies. Deer. Pigs even. Most of them wild and free. I’m not sure about the pigs, they seem to live in the old farm next door so they might be farmed. They are certainly the most used to people. The first day, pretty much the moment we arrived, they were coming up to the fence and snuffling around.
Maybe looking for food, at a guess. Or expecting it.

By the end of the week they seemed pretty calm with us being around. One of them literally walked up to us, grunted and went to sleep. Although everything seemed pretty relaxed about humans. Even the deer who came closer to us than I’ve ever seen one. Okay, they were still skittish but even so… The horses too didn’t seem to bat an eye as you walked past, even if they had foals. Which a lot did. One I swear even nudged her foal closer to us as if saying go on, make friends. I’m definitely gonna come back soon. Next year maybe.

Anyway, it’s home tomorrow and my second birthday sort of. I still have presents waiting at home. As well as a present to make a booking for. I got from my folks a voucher for a Husky Trek. That’s gonna be fun. Hopefully I can upload some photos as well once I get them uploaded onto the laptop. Stay safe.

White.