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Southampton 2022 - Let's go play mini golf! (Day 6)

Today was another day to catch up with family and friends. First off to meet up with Nicole’s close family friends and to meet Angela’s goddaughter. It has been a long time since I have been around a toddler. It took a bit of guess work to understand what she is trying to tell you, but she had a lot to say and was showing off all her toys! She was a big fan of her animals and diggers (aspiring after her Dad I believe). It was nice to catch up again.

Next stop, mini golf with Nicole’s sister. We decided to make a journey over to New Forest Adventure Golf. This was a tricky course. It’s not like other crazy golf where there are obstacles in the way and you just hope for the best. This was more of a simple course that turned out to be quite tricky as it was very easy to knock the ball off course. Yet again, I did not win, but was much more of a victorious loser. At the New Forest Adventure Golf, it is your opportunity to take a quick trip around the New Forest and find out what each area is well known for. It is also your opportunity to take the Isle of Wight ferry. Unfortunately, you won’t make it across the Solent, but seeing as you have to pull yourself across using a pulley system I am sure you would have some very sore arms if you did!

After we’d finished our round of mini golf, we headed into Lymington to grab an ice cream at Toot Sweets Ice Cream Parlour. There was an array of flavours of New Forest Ice Cream on offer. I settled on my usual bubblegum, and Nicole had a scoop of ginger. A strange choice I know, but one that apparently some people really like!

We finished the evening by a meal at Monkey Brewhouse in Lymington. When looking for somewhere to eat, Nicole’s sister sent over a few choices. What shocked us as northerners was just how expensive it is to eat out in Hampshire. However, I would say it is definitely worth the money. Nicole opted for garden veggie burger, whilst I had the meat equivalent with added bacon. Unsurprisingly for pudding I tried out the sticky toffee pudding. My plan was to share this and the bakewell tart with Nicole, but sadly a chocolate and cherry vegan cheesecake was on the specials board and was something she couldn’t resist. The sticky toffee pudding was very tasty but didn’t quite beat the one I had earlier in the week.


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