We managed to sneak onto ferry in Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) and get back to Lymington (on the UK mainland) a little earlier than booked and pointed Shirley the SatNav towards our B&B to expedite a much needed bath for the two of us. The B&B sat on the lovely grounds of a mediteranean-style hotel and our hosts were very welcoming. The damp tipi of the Isle of Wight already seemed half a world away. Bathing was followed with The Great Muddy Laundry Sortout for the next day’s laundry expedition. We did manage to leave the four walls, and dry ceiling, of the B&B for a couple of hours to enjoy really good meal in a local pub and then stolled along the quay amongst the yachts and the fishermen.

Lymington has a really pretty high street, perpendicular to the coast. It narrows and narrows until you almost get wet feet. Boutique stores intersperse the [now] inevitable march of the chain store. Be prepared though: Lymington does not come cheap.

We managed to sneak onto ferry in Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) and get back to Lymington (on the UK mainland) a little earlier than booked and pointed Shirley the SatNav towards our B&B to expedite a much needed bath for the two of us. The B&B sat on the lovely grounds of a mediteranean-style hotel and our hosts were very welcoming. The damp tipi of the Isle of Wight already seemed half a world away. Bathing was followed with The Great Muddy Laundry Sortout for the next day’s laundry expedition. We did manage to leave the four walls, and dry ceiling, of the B&B for a couple of hours to enjoy really good meal in a local pub and then stolled along the quay amongst the yachts and the fishermen.

Lymington has a really pretty high street, perpendicular to the coast. It narrows and narrows until you almost get wet feet. Boutique stores intersperse the [now] inevitable march of the chain store. Be prepared though: Lymington does not come cheap.

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