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I was up early, as usual. Opening the curtains, I was presented with a pink, calm morning. This was not destined to last but was a super start to the day. 

Once Di was up and about we started to pack the last few items into our cases. I made a couple of trips to load the luggage into the car and grab the hotel bill.

We met up with Jane and Trevor over breakfast and sat chatting as the restaurant filled around us, and then started to empty again. Maybe it was time to move on.

We finished loading the car and instead of saying our goodbyes, we agreed to meet up at Mudeford Quay for a short walk before the drive home. It was only a 10-minute drive from the hotel.

By the time we arrived at Mudeford Quay, the sun had hidden itself behind high grey clouds and a stiff breeze was blowing along the coast. We walked away from the Quay to start with and then after about a kilometre, turned back on ourselves and this time walked down onto the quay from which we could see across the channel where Christchurch Harbour empties into the sea, across to the end of Mudeford Spit. As you can see from the photo, it was a bit bleak!

We said our goodbyes and headed off. We cut through the New Forest and picked up the Motorway. We were home in about 90 minutes.

Having unpacked, we had a quiet hour in the lounge before heading back out to collect Jasper from Mark (the Cat Whisperer). Mark insisted that we should not pay for this stay as Jasper is such a regular guest at the Cattery. We tried to argue, but he was having none of it.