Poole 24th-26th Aug
Arrived at Poole on Friday before Terry left work, found my way towards the Quay. Here's the oldest building in Poole, just next to the Tourist information centre:
which is next to the Quay…
And then I met Te Te after he knocked off…
had a couple of drinks with his colleagues (mostly mathematicians) along High Street, and headed off for dinner at The Slug and Lettuce, great food, before a nice (and long) walk home. We saw a porcupine on the road. The poor thing was much afraid, but the motorists stopped their cars and a very kind motorcyclist came to save it. Last I heard from Te Te, it was run over by a car though, yesterday…
We had a nice headstart on the second day, Te Te having calculated the time exactly for us to take the train to Bournemouth. Little did we expect that we'd be held up by the Lifting Bridge…
So we were stranded for a full half hour and were just able to catch the next train to Bournemouth to meet YGG and YSS…
(I look like my mom in this picture!)
We had lunch near the beach…
before heading for the city center to stop by for coffee…
then we walked the beach for almost 4 hours…
and we saw some very determined people shovelling sand…
and a very cute dog…
and we carried on walking…
until it was almost sunset…
and we finally put on our shoes…
and took a bus back to Poole
where I showed off my uneven tan over dinner…
That was one very tiring day indeed! The next day saw us lazing around until noon where we took a ferry to Brownsea island…
I can imagine Te Te arriving at Brownsea in a suit! He must have look really out of place! The scouts are having their centenary year celebrations, and Brownsea Island plays a huge part in Scouts history. We met an elderly couple at the docks before boarding the ferry, and they needed help with translation. Livia didn't hesitate a single second to help. They were chinese doctors who have been working in Bath for four years now. Embarrassed to say they were as active as us, if not better!
they actually make soup with this…
And that's about the end of our trip down south. We went back to Poole just in time to catch our transport back to London (train/ coach). So it will be another two weeks before seeing Te Te again!
